The British Settlement of Brittany: The First Bretons in Armorica [Paperback]

Pierre-Roland Giot (Author), Philippe Guigon (Author), Bernard Merdrignac (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 2003

Covering the period AD 350-950, this book by three distinguished French scholars examines why and how, in Late Antiquity and the early Dark Ages, Britons from the Roman province of Britannia went over to Armorica, part of ancient Gaul, and settled there.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Tempus (February 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0752425242
• ISBN-13: 978-0752425245
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,906,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars A tough read, October 3, 2003

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This review is from: The British Settlement of Brittany: The First Bretons in Armorica (Paperback)

Translated from the French of the authors, this book suffers from the unsuccessful results. The translation is choppy and the text subsequently hard to follow. Several of the authors have backgrounds in geology so the rocks of Britanny figure prominently in a book you would expect to be about ancient sources and archaeology in the ground, not the ground itself.

The subject matter is very interesting regarding the Dark Age migrations of the British to Britanny. The major written sources, their limitations and silent periods are discussed in detail.

The authors assume the reader has a working familiarity with Britanny's geography and its post-Dark Age past. I could only give the book two stars due to its various difficulties.