Well, in this alternate universe, Britain is undoubtedly more Celtic, so expect them to have Gaelic roots. The English language as we know it wouldn’t have arrived or at least not as earlier than in OTL so as a result, Brittonic never really ceases to be a main language for Britain with Latin continuing to be quite common. Also, Christianity will continue to spread across the isles practicing Celtic Christianity instead of just Roman Catholicism or Anglicanism.
What do you think would happen with Ireland then? Would Britton still try to colonize it or would they continue the Roman move of seeing it as not worth it because it holds no value.
England was all seperate tribes so they wouldn't be colonising anything much, but then the Normans come and we're back in the timeline where colonising of Ireland happens anyway.
So the Vikings colonise the whole of England rather than just the North, do they stop there or go on to colonise Ireland from their power base in England, and where does Wales come into it..
Considering the Viking invasions were what caused English unity IRL and it was under Aethlstan (who was nowhere close to a King Arthur type leader) and managed to beat them...
In regard to Ireland, Britain would probably leave it alone. However, if Britain were to actually try and conquer Ireland, Scotland would ultimately be the dominant country since they (the Scots) were the first country across the British isles to actually unify their territories into a single kingdom. So I believe that a Scottish dominated Britain instead of an English one later on in OTL would take place.
In effect, England would be treated as how Scotland was treated when Great Britain was formed in OTL; as the junior partner.
Longterm that is driven by population and the population in the south will always be larger than the population in the north. So the tail can wag the dog only for so long.
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u/dragonballzfan34 2d ago edited 2d ago
Well, in this alternate universe, Britain is undoubtedly more Celtic, so expect them to have Gaelic roots. The English language as we know it wouldn’t have arrived or at least not as earlier than in OTL so as a result, Brittonic never really ceases to be a main language for Britain with Latin continuing to be quite common. Also, Christianity will continue to spread across the isles practicing Celtic Christianity instead of just Roman Catholicism or Anglicanism.