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Christian Guyonvarc'h
Christian-Joseph Guyonvarc'h (1926, Auray - 9 January 2012, Bohars) was a Breton philologist. Works * ''Les Druides'', with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, coll. « De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire », Rennes, 1986 * ''La Civilisation celtique'', with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, series ''De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire'', Rennes, 1990 * ''La Société celtique'', with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, series ''De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire'', Rennes, 1991, * '' La razzia des vaches de Cooley'' (translation of the Táin Bó Cúailnge), Éditions Gallimard, 1994, * ''Les Fêtes celtiques'', with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, series ''De mémoire d’homme : l’histoire'', Rennes, 1995 * ''La légende de la ville d'Is'', with Françoise Le Roux, Ouest-France Université, cseries ''De mémoire d'homme : l'histoire'', Rennes, 2000 (compte-rendu très critique dans la revue de linguistique ''Hor Yezh'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auray
Auray (; br, An Alre, or simply ) is a commune in the Morbihan department, administrative region of Brittany, northwestern France. Inhabitants of Auray are called ''Alréens'' (French) and ''Alreiz'' (Breton). Geography The city is surrounded by the communes of Crac'h to the south and the west, Brech to the north and Pluneret to the east. It is crossed by the Loch, a small coastal river, which flows into the Gulf of Morbihan. The town is high on the west bank of the river Auray on the edge of the Armorican plateau which is cut deeply by the river. The port of Saint-Goustan is also in the valley, east of the river. History The Battle of Auray on 29 September 1364 was the last battle of the Breton War of Succession. Kerblois, the place in Brech at which the defeated Charles de Blois was killed is marked by a crucifix. In 1632, sailors departed from the port of Saint-Goustan to re-capture the town of Port Royal in Acadia on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu. Benjamin Franklin arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
