- encomp****ing the
modern region of Gascony. The
Duchy of Gascony, then
known as
Wasconia, was
originally a
Frankish march formed to hold sway over the Basques....
- Basque. The name
Gascony comes from the same root as the word
Basque (see
Wasconia below). From the
Middle Ages
until today, the
Gascon language has been...
-
Angliam de
Pictavia et
Wasconia.
Eisdem quoque temporibus,
scilicet circa festum Sancti Remigii, rex Angliae,
dispositis in
Wasconia disponendis commissaque...
- the
Iberian Peninsula. From 602, an
independent Duchy of
Vasconia (or
Wasconia) was formed,
under a Frankish-Roman elite, in the
former Visigothic stronghold...
- fall of the
Roman Empire, the
ancient province began to be
referred to as
Wasconia according to
texts by
Frankish chroniclers,
mainly Gregory of
Tours and...
-
abandoned to the Franks.
Aside from the
Germanic peoples, the
Vascones entered Wasconia from the
Pyrenees and the
Bretons formed three kingdoms in Armorica: Domnonia...
-
Charlemagne decided to
further secure his hold on the
Basque territory (
Wasconia). He
first eliminated any
possible opposition from the
natives of the region...
-
peoples and
their geographical locations, who are as of now
dubbed Vascones,
Wasconia,
Guasconia (as
opposed to the Spanoguasconia,
according to the Ravenna...
-
Lambert of Saint-Omer,
showing the
names Galitia, Hispania, Lusitania, and
Wasconia,
among others In
Tabula Rogeriana (1154), by
Muhammad al-Idrisi, showing...
- kingdoms. In 581 or
thereabouts both
Franks and
Visigoths attacked Vasconia (
Wasconia in
Gregory of Tours), but
neither with success. In 587 the
Franks launched...
