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The '''Urcean people''' are a nation and ethnic group native to [[Urcea]]. The Urcean identity is of early medieval origin. Their ethnonym is derived from peoples living close to the [[Urce River]] in antiquity, referred to in [[Lebhan]] as ''Urciona''. | The '''Urcean people''' are a nation and ethnic group native to [[Urcea]]. The Urcean ethnic identity is of early medieval origin. Their ethnonym is derived from peoples living close to the [[Urce River]] in antiquity, referred to in [[Lebhan]] as ''Urciona''. The Urcean national identity, by contrast developed throughout the medieval period and reached its modern form at the beginning of the {{wp|early modern period}}. | ||
The Urceans largely descend from two main historical population groups – the earlier [[Latinic people]] of [[Adonerum]] and the native [[Gaelic people]] who inhabited [[Levantia]] prior to the Latinic conquest. While the [[Great Levantia]] period largely saw a degree of segregation between the politically empowered Latinic population as compared to the geographically and politically marginalized Gaelic people, there was nonetheless a degree of admixture and integration. By the time of the fall of Great Levantia, integration of the two cultures began in earnest in the Urce River valley, and by the time of [[ | The Urceans largely descend from two main historical population groups – the earlier [[Latinic people]] of [[Adonerum]] and the native [[Gaelic people]] who inhabited [[Levantia]] prior to the Latinic conquest. While the [[Great Levantia]] period largely saw a degree of segregation between the politically empowered Latinic population as compared to the geographically and politically marginalized Gaelic people, there was nonetheless a degree of admixture and integration. By the time of the fall of Great Levantia, integration of the two cultures began in earnest in the Urce River valley, and by the time of [[Gaius Julius Cicurinus|Saint Julius of the Caeline]], the residents of [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]] and the [[Urce River]] valley were in the throes of hybridization, beginning a truly unique, Urcean culture. | ||
Besides the "core" Urcean ethnicity, sometimes called "[[The Valley (Urcea)|valley]] Urceans" in relation to their origin in the greater [[Urce River]] valley region known as [[The Valley (Urcea)|the Valley]], other ethnic groups are considered to be part of the wider Urcean nationality. Most prominent among these are the [[Caenish people]] of [[Canaery]] and the southern tip of Levantia. | |||
== Identity == | == Identity == | ||
Despite global classifications of Urceans consistently placing them as among [[Latinic people]]s, and relations between [[Urcea]] and Caphiria and other states on [[Sarpedon]] are characterized by their cultural kinship, Urceans consider themselves neither Latinic or Gaelic but rather the descendants of both groups. While the concept of ''Urceanity'' derives from the cultural traditions of the country as well as the ethnic admixture of Gaels and Latins, immigrants have been known to be able to integrate into Urcean culture. | Despite global classifications of Urceans consistently placing them as among [[Latinic people]]s, and relations between [[Urcea]] and Caphiria and other states on [[Sarpedon]] are characterized by their cultural kinship, Urceans consider themselves neither Latinic or Gaelic but rather the descendants of both groups. While the concept of ''Urceanity'' derives from the cultural traditions of the country as well as the ethnic admixture of Gaels and Latins, immigrants have been known to be able to integrate into Urcean culture. | ||
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A vast majority of Urceans are divided into what are known as the [[Estates of Urcea]], kinship-and-identity groups that bind families together. Deriving from the early voting tribes of [[Great Levantia]] and the socio-political client-patron relationships within them, the Estates have 25 distinct "Latinic" Estates and 25 distinct "Gaelic" Estates, with the latter being integrated during the latter Great Levantia period as part of the process of what sociologists call ''Urceanization''. Distinctly, Urceans do not see themselves as the same Latin peoples who forged and lived within Great Levantia, instead claiming heritage both from Great Levantia and the Gaelic peoples that it conquered, seeing themselves as the direct descendants of neither but instead the product of both. In this way, Urceans view themselves as the "consummation of the whole history of [[Levantia]]" in the words of [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] scholar [[P. G. W. Gelema]]. | A vast majority of Urceans are divided into what are known as the [[Estates of Urcea]], kinship-and-identity groups that bind families together. Deriving from the early voting tribes of [[Great Levantia]] and the socio-political client-patron relationships within them, the Estates have 25 distinct "Latinic" Estates and 25 distinct "Gaelic" Estates, with the latter being integrated during the latter Great Levantia period as part of the process of what sociologists call ''Urceanization''. Distinctly, Urceans do not see themselves as the same Latin peoples who forged and lived within Great Levantia, instead claiming heritage both from Great Levantia and the Gaelic peoples that it conquered, seeing themselves as the direct descendants of neither but instead the product of both. In this way, Urceans view themselves as the "consummation of the whole history of [[Levantia]]" in the words of [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] scholar [[P. G. W. Gelema]]. | ||
=== Historic Urceanization === | === Historic Urceanization === | ||
"Historic" Urceanization refers to a process which occurred beginning approximately in the 3rd century and ending in the 9th century that saw groups of [[Latinic people]] and [[Gaelic people]] living in Southern [[Levantia]] begin to form a single, albeit broad, cultural continuum that could be identified today as "Urcean" | "Historic" Urceanization refers to a process which occurred beginning approximately in the 3rd century and ending in the 9th century that saw groups of [[Latinic people]] and [[Gaelic people]] living in Southern [[Levantia]] begin to form a single, albeit broad, cultural continuum that could be identified today as "Urcean." Much, though not all of this process, was accompanied by frequent intermarriage among these peoples, especially in the midst of and following the collapse of [[Great Levantia]]; accordingly, it refers to periods of deviation from [[Levantine identity]]. | ||
Most historians agree that a separate "Urcean" identity probably originated as a subculture of individuals living along the [[Urce River]] around the 3rd or 4th century. These people could best be described almost as "suburban" in temperament and their relation to [[Urceopolis (City)|Urceopolis]], the center of the continent-spanning empire. While the Urceopolitans themselves retained a proud and distinct [[Latinic people|Latinic heritage]], and indeed exemplified what it meant to be [[Levantine identity|Levantine]], the residents of neighboring towns, cities, and farms during the high and late imperial period began to take on cultural signifiers that were divergent from those of the city, despite having been the "core" of Levantine identity and society since the [[Adonerii]] had settled Levantia a millennia prior. Regular interaction with [[Gaelic people]] as well as a shared political worldview likely drove the establishment of this "River Region Subculture," although many historians also now believe that these people were predominantly [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] long before the overall conversion of [[Great Levantia]] later in its history. | |||
=== Late Urceanization === | === Late Urceanization === | ||
"Late" Urceanization refers to any continuation of the process of the growth and adaptation of Urcean identity by groups of people at any time following the 9th century. Subjects of late Urceanization tend to be groups living in Urcea's geographic periphery and ones incorporated into the country following the [[Golden Bull of 1098]]. Accordingly, these groups tend to have entirely different historical origins than the "valley Urceans" and also retain a partially separate identity. These groups - primarily the [[Caenish people|Caens]], [[Gassavelian people|Gassavelians]], and [[Garán people]]s - nonetheless view themselves as Urcean under varying models of dual identity. | "Late" Urceanization refers to any continuation of the process of the growth and adaptation of Urcean identity by groups of people at any time following the 9th century. Subjects of late Urceanization tend to be groups living in Urcea's geographic periphery and ones incorporated into the country following the [[Golden Bull of 1098]]. Accordingly, these groups tend to have entirely different historical origins than the "valley Urceans" and also retain a partially separate identity. These groups - primarily the [[Caenish people|Caens]], [[Gassavelian people|Gassavelians]], and [[Garán people]]s - nonetheless view themselves as Urcean under varying models of dual identity. | ||
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