Middle Breton

Middle Breton
Extinct European language of the Brittonic subgroup of families, spoken in the North of France in the between the 11th and the 16th century AD.

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  • Breton literature — Introduction       the body of writings in the Breton language of northwestern France. Medieval poetry and drama       No literary texts in Old Breton have survived. An 11th century poem translated from Breton into Latin demonstrates a strong… …   Universalium

  • Breton language — Celtic language spoken in Brittany in France. It was introduced in the 5th–6th centuries by immigrants from southern Britain. Breton is attested in glosses in Latin manuscripts of the 8th–10th centuries, but no continuous text is known before the …   Universalium

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  • Breton lai — A Breton lai, also known as a narrative lay or simply a lay, is a form of medieval French and English romance literature. Lais are short (typically 600–1000 lines), rhymed tales of love and chivalry, often involving supernatural and fairy world… …   Wikipedia

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