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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Bretons & Britons
    sub title: the fight for identity
  title info:
    title: Bretons and Britons
  name:
    name part: Cunliffe, Barry W.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2021
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: ix, 472 pages : chiefly color illustrations, color maps ; 26 cm.
  abstract: What is it about Brittany that makes it such a favorite destination for the British? To answer this question, Bretons and Britons explores the long history of the Bretons, from the time of the first farmers around 5400 BC to the present, and the very close relationship they have had with their British neighbors throughout this time. More than simply a history of a people, Bretons and Britons is also the author's homage to a country and a people he has come to admire over decades of engagement. Underlying the story throughout is the tale of the Bretons' fierce struggle to maintain their distinctive identity. As a peninsula people living on a westerly excrescence of Europe they were surrounded on three sides by the sea, which gave them some protection from outside interference, but their landward border was constantly threatened, not only by succeeding waves of Romans, Franks and Vikings, but also by the growing power of the French state. It was the sea that gave the Bretons strength and helped them in their struggle for independence. They shared in the culture of Atlantic-facing Europe, and from the eighteenth century, when a fascination for the Celts was beginning to sweep Europe, they were able to present themselves as the direct successors of the ancient Celts along with the Cornish, Welsh, Scots and Irish. This gave them a new strength and a new pride. It is this spirit that is still very much alive today.
  note: Barry Cunliffe.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-454) and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: e-fr---
    geographic code: e-uk---
  subject:
    topic: Bretons
    geographic: France
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Group identity
    geographic: France
    geographic: Brittany
  subject:
    geographic: France
    topic: Relations
    geographic: Great Britain
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: Great Britain
    topic: Relations
    geographic: France
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / Europe / France
  classification: DC611.B854 C86 2021
  classification: 305.89168044
  identifier: 0198851626
  identifier: 9780198851622
  record info:
    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 200905
    record change date: 20211018102457.0
    record identifier: in00004449857