Brittany and the Atlantic Archipelago, 450-1200 : contact, myth and history /

"Brittany is rich in archaeological remains from prehistory. At many junctures in the remote past, the peninsula has been a centre of cultural innovation, or a corridor by which innovations have passed between the Mediterranean, inland Europe and the Atlantic. At the dawn of the Neolithic, it w...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Brett, Caroline (Author), Edmonds, Fiona Louise, 1980- (Author), Russell, Paul, 1956 February 23- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.
Subjects:	Brittany (France) > Relations > Great Britain. Great Britain > Relations > France > Brittany. Brittany (France) > History > To 1500. Great Britain > History > To 1485. Bretagne (France) > Relations > Grande-Bretagne. Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1485. HISTORY / Europe / General. International relations. France > Brittany. Great Britain. To 1500 History.

Table of Contents:

Archaeology and the Origins of Brittany
Settlement and Isolation, 450-800
Brittany and its Insular Past in the Carolingian Age
The Manuscript-Culture of Brittany in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
From Invasion to Conquest: Brittany and its History, 919-1066
'Saints and Seaways': the Cult of Saints in Brittany and its Archipelagic Links
Bretons and Britons in the Norman and Angevin Empires, 1066-1203.