One should not be naive in the face of those who claim that "their" history is indeed a science. Meanwhile, others (vae victis, woe to the vanquished?) would dangerously drift into militant history and stray from the scientific path. History is not black and white, but its reading sometimes becomes so! Others before us have asked the question: how can one be Breton? Thus,...
EDITORIAL: Does History Create Emotions?
Marais salants de Billiers (56), prise de la fleur de sel.
Photographie de Paul Géniaux (1873-1929)(© Musée de Bretagne, marque du domaine public, n° inv. 995.0043.9).DOSSIER: SALT, THE WHITE GOLD OF BRITTANY, Gildas Buron
• The history of salt in Armorica and salt in protohistory
• A geo-history of salt landscapes from the Middle Ages to the present day
• The expansion of salt marshes along the shores north of the Vilaine in Modern Times
• Salt and historical Brittany: the distribution of salt in Brittany
• The salt tax and the false-salting
• The revival of the salt marshes of Guérande
• The know-how of the salt workers of southern Brittany, Anatole Danto
• An original industry of Roman Armorica: fish salting, Patrick Galliou
Numismatics: The gold cadière of Anne of Brittany, Gildas Salaün
DOSSIER: BLEIMOR, A NURSERY OF TALENTS
• When scouts become musicians, Armelle Le Sec’h (daughter of Pierre Géraud-Keraod, founder of Bleimor)
• The Telenn Bleimor: meeting with Mariannig Larc’hantec, Armel Morgant
• Meeting with Alan le Buhé: “Bleimor taught me a certain humanism,” Christian Gouerou
• The Beg an Treis college in Porspoder (with Herri Leon and Donatien Laurent), Armel Morgant
The Battle of Auray, a war of memories, Laurence Moal
Celtica: genesis of a map of Celtic nations drawn by the graphic designer Jakez Derouet, Mikaël Bodlore-Penlaez
Druzkivka (Donbass in Ukraine): in 1900, Bretons on the Ukrainian front!, Jacqueline Le Nail
Donbass: when a Welshman founded Donetsk, Jacques-Yves Le Touze
Pardon ar Seizh-Sant. A pardon to hold an Islamic-Christian and broader gathering, Elen Le Gars
Architect Portrait: Georges-Robert Lefort (1875-1954), the architect of all Brittanis, Daniel Le Couédic
COLUMNS
• Kartenn wenn da / Carte blanche to Gwennyn
• Berr-ha-berr / Briefs
• Point of view: Yann-Ber Thomin
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