A history book I came across claims that medieval Western Europeans identified themselves as "Latins." Is this true? Would Spanish, French, Italian, etc people all recognize that they were one ethnic group? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

A history book I came across claims that medieval Western Europeans identified themselves as "Latins." Is this true? Would Spanish, French, Italian, etc people all recognize that they were one ethnic group?

by MonsieurOiseaux

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I believe this was typically used in reference to Latin Christians. At least within writing that discusses the crusader movement in the Levant.