Between the Isles and the Continent: Brittany in the Middle Ages

This review article examines Multi-disciplinary Approaches to Medieval Brittany, 450–1200: Connections and Disconnections (edited by Caroline Brett, Paul Russell, and Fiona Edmonds), assessing how the volume integrates archaeological, historical, linguistic, and hagiographical evidence to re-evaluate Brittany’s place between the Insular world and the Continent during the early and central Middle Ages. In particular, the review highlights and discusses the book’s important contribution to current debates on migration, cultural interactions, and identity formation in both Brittany specifically and medieval north-western Europe more widely.