More medieval occitan geography.
I hadn't done one of these in a while
I've been coloring these on the ecclesiastical map (dioceses) because it was the most stable historically. Medieval occitan sources regularly equate the diocese and the país (country/land) as the most relevant geographical entity
Ultimately, a lot of variable definitions seem to have more to do with political (french, english or imperial rule) than language differences.
Political definitions:
Lengadòc / Patria Linguæ Occitanæ
Definition in the 14th century (when that name started being used). After 1360, the pink dioceses were ceded to England, and thus excluded from the french definition of Patria Linguæ Occitanæ
I've only seen the beige ones included under that name in a few sources, given they were usually under english rule.
Gascony / Vasconia
The light green dioceses were excluded from the roman province of Novempopulania, but included in the duchy of Gascony when it was still independent
Aquitaine / Aquitania
The pale blue dioceses were excluded from Alienor's Aquitaine, but included in the roman (augustan) province of Aquitaine. Carcin and Roergue would later be re-included in Aquitaine after being ceded to England in 1360.
Provence / Provincia Provinciæ
Although they were originally a part of the undivided county of Provence, the light orange dioceses did not become a part of the french Provence in 1487, having been ceded over time meantime to various other states (Papal States, Piemont-Savoy, Dauphiné, or the principalty of Aurenja/Orange).
Ecclesiastical definitions
Medieval lists of dioceses (provincialia) use these names:
Provence = the blue provinces of Ambrun, Ais, Arle and Vienne
Gothia = the yellow provinces of Narbona and Tolosa (in a few manuscripts Tolosa is given its own name of Tolosan province, or included in the middle of Aquitaine)
Which together formed the roman Provincia Narbonensis
Aquitaine = the green provinces of Bourges and Bordèu
Gascony = the red province of Aush
Which together formed the roman Aquitania
Those eight (ecclesiastical) and seven (civilian) roman provinces formed the roman Diœcesis Viennensium
The franciscans had two provinces of Aquitaine (lavender) and Provence (purple), covering most of Occitania. The blue dioceses seem to have been initially part of these, but not for long.
The dominicans grouped the following as "Provence"
Administrative geography
Senescalcies (I couldn't find informations about all of them. I've used similar colors for senescalcies that were once united)
Parliaments
Generalities (fiscal divisions)
Linguistic definitions
Those are definitions used by medieval occitan grammar
The Leys d'amors (14th century) defines "our language" as covering the following dioceses, to the exclusion of Gascony (which is cited as having a slightly different language)
The Razós de Trobar (13th century) includes at least these regions under the glossonym Lemosí
Albertet de Sisteron (13th century) includes at least the following region under the Catalan(!) glossonym
Uc Faidit's Donatz Proensals (also 13th century) uses for the Provençal glottonym the same definition, without Gascony
