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Class photo from the hamlet of Saint-Adrien, Plougastel-Doualas,1905. According to the parish priest, 230 out of 246 children were “incapable of learning their catechism in anything but Breton […] because 98 out of 100 families only speak Breton, whether or not they also understand French.” Photo credit: Trégarvan’s Musée de l'école rurale.

Breton Language Usage at the Start of the 20th Century

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18th June 1944, the Germans attack the Resistance cell at St-Marcel, where there were roughly 2,400 men. Here: the destroyed Ferme de la Nouette after the fighting, end of June 1944. Source: Musée de la Résistance bretonne de Saint-Marcel.

The Psychology Violence

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American soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division advance under fire on the outskirts of Brest, 9th September 1944. Source: Wikimedia Commons

The Siege of Brest

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Marching German soldiers. Photo: Raphaël Binet. Source: Musée de Bretagne collection. Inventory number: 972.0004.42

German Repression, Summer 1944

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Germans looking out over the Brest submarine base. Press illustration. Finistère department archives. Inventory number: 208 J 126.

The Penguérec Massacre

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Stylised blooming flower pattern (printed textile) Manufacture Gorgerat Frères et compagnie, around 1785. ©Château des ducs de Bretagne-Musée d’histoire de Nantes. Valéry Joncheray

How the Textile Industry Helped the Atlantic Slave Trade

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Silver hot chocolate pot and porcelain sugar bowl from China, silver candle holder and decorative snuffbox. Tea set: sugar bowl, silver sugar sprinkler, porcelain teapot and tea cups with coat of arms. Mahogany table and ‘cabaret’ service tray. ©Château des ducs de Bretagne-Musée d’histoire de Nantes. Valéry Joncheray

The Colonial Goods at the Centre of a Global Market

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Side view of Nantes’ Marie-Séraphique and diagram of onboard layout. René Lhermitte, 1770. ©Château des ducs de Bretagne-Musée d’histoire de Nantes.

How Atlantic Slave Trade Campaigns Were Organised

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Dominique Deurbroucq and a young boy living in slavery, Nantes. Pierre-Bernard Morlot, 1753. ©Château des ducs de Bretagne-Nantes History Museum

The Role of the City of Nantes in the Atlantic Slave Trade in the XVII and XVIII Centuries

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A harbour seal in the Bay of Saint-Brieuc. Photo credit: Bay of Saint-Brieuc National Nature Reserve.

The Harbour Seal

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Grey seals can now be regularly spotted off the southern coast of Brittany, as shown in this photo taken in the Gulf of Morbihan in 2016 (photo: Catherine Pallard)

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Large schooner, almost certainly built in the Bonne-Lesueur local shipyard. Remarkable for its roll-down topsail and moonsail – Cartolis (extract)

Paimpol: A History of Cod Fishing, from Newfoundland to Iceland

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