The termScoto-Norman (alsoFranco-Scottish orFranco-Gaelic) is used to describe people, families, institutions and archaeological artifacts that are partlyScottish (in some sense) and partlyAnglo-Norman (in some sense), after theNorman Conquest. It is used to refer to people or things of Norman, Anglo-Norman,French or evenFlemish orBreton origin,[1][2] but who are associated withScotland in the Middle Ages like Scoto-Anglo-Saxon.[1][2] It is also used for any of these things where they exhibitsyncretism betweenFrench or Anglo-French culture on the one hand andGaelic culture on the other.
For instance, theKings of Scotland between the reign of theDavid I and theStewart period are often described as Scoto-Norman. A classic case of Gaelic and French cultural syncretism would beLochlann,Lord of Galloway, who used both a Gaelic (Lochlann) and French name (Roland), and kept followers of both languages. Another example of a Scoto-Norman would beRobert the Bruce.
The term is used by historians as an alternative to Anglo-Norman when that term pertains to Scotland. It was first used in 1829, in P. F. Tytler'sHistory of Scotland.[1][2]
