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The term
Scoto-Norman (also
Scotto-Norman,
Franco-Scottish or
Franco-Gaelic) is used to described people, families, institutions and archaeological artifacts that are partly Scottish(in some sense) and partly Norman (in some sense). It is used to refer to people or things of
Norman,
Anglo-Norman,
French or even
Flemish origin, but are associated with
Scotland in the
Middle Ages. It is also used for any of these things when they exhibit
syncretism between
French or Anglo-French culture on the one hand, and
Gaelic culture on the other.
For instance, the
Kings of Scotland between the reign of
David I and the
Stewart period are often described as Scoto-Norman. A classic case of Gaelic and French cultural syncretism would be
Lochlann,
Lord of Galloway, who used both a Gaelic (
Lochlann) and French name (
Roland), and kept followers of both languages.
The term is by historians as an alternative to
Anglo-Norman when that term pertains to Scotland.
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