04-27-2009, 05:25 PM
Interestingly, there is mention of two possible breeds in the Early Breton Laws, those beeing Taifaili and Saxon horses. The Taifaili were present in Britain under Roman rule, but they were also settled not that far from the continental Britons, in Poitou. Saxons were also in Gaul, in the Loire region and in Normandy around Bayeux.
As for those laws, they were dated by Léon Fleuriot from the Vth century, thought Dumville proposed a more large datation, between the Vth and the IXth centuries.
Here a synthesis (in French) about the subject:
http://schnucks0.free.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=388
As for those laws, they were dated by Léon Fleuriot from the Vth century, thought Dumville proposed a more large datation, between the Vth and the IXth centuries.
Here a synthesis (in French) about the subject:
http://schnucks0.free.fr/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=388
"O niurt Ambrois ri Frangc ocus Brethan Letha."
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert
"By the strenght of Ambrosius, king of the Franks and the Armorican Bretons."
Lebor Bretnach, Irish manuscript of the Historia Brittonum.
Agraes / Morcant map Conmail / Benjamin Franckaert