Brittany and Its Insular Past in the Ninth Century
In the ninth century, Carolingian conquest of Brittany, together with a Europe-wide revival learning, created new interest in explaining Brittany’s past. Rival stories British origins were set down by Frankish, Welsh and Breton scholars. The Bretons’ view their own past was expressed wholly through medium hagiography, considerable amount which produced during later early tenth centuries: this allows us to gauge nature its authors’ links Insular world. founding figures Church proudly proclaimed despite readiness accept authority; there seems have been little real knowledge saints’ alleged sixth-century origins, but opportunity gather information contemporaneously from Wales perhaps also Cornwall Ireland. role Llancarfan (in south Wales) relaying between Ireland hagiographers Saint-Malo Brittany is highlighted.
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