Bretons and Britons: The Fight for Identity

ISBN-13: 9780198851622 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 488 str.

Emeritus Barry (Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology

Opis

A long history of the Bretons, from prehistoric times to the present, and the very close relationship they have had with their British neighbours. It is a story of a fiercely independent people and their struggle to maintain their distinctive identity.

Recenzje

Bretons and Britons is a well-made, visually rich book about Breton identity over the longue durée, as well as Brittany's relationship with the British Isles. Myrzinn Boucher-Durand, North American Journal of Celtic Studies

O autorze

Barry Cunliffe taught archaeology in the Universities of Bristol and Southampton and was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1972 to 2008, thereafter becoming Emeritus Professor. He has excavated widely in Britain (Fishbourne, Bath, Danebury, Hengistbury Head, Brading) and in the Channel Islands, Brittany, and Spain, and has been President of the Council for British Archaeology and of the Society of Antiquaries, a Governor of the Museum of London, and a Trustee of the British Museum. He was a Commissioner of English Heritage from 2005 to 2013. His many publications include The Ancient Celts (1997, second edition 2018), Facing the Ocean (2001), The Druids: A Very Short Introduction (2010), Britain Begins (2012), By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean (2015), and The Scythians (2019) all also published by Oxford University Press. He received a knighthood in 2006.