History of Brittany

Celtic language spoken in France

thumb|300px|The Roman geographical area of Armorica. The Seine and the Loire are marked in red.

aspect of history

French noble family

thumb|Box-bed in Austria A small box-bed (also known as a closed bed, close bed, or enclosed bed; less commonly, shut-bed) is an enclosed bed made to look like a cupboard, half-opened or not. The form originates in western European late medieval furniture.

thumb|Coins of the Curiosolitae, 5th-1st century BC.|alt=|289x289px The Coriosolites or Curiosolitae were a Gallic people dwelling on the northern coast of present-day Brittany during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Catholic pilgrimage

thumb|"Speak French, Be Clean" written on the wall of the Ayguatébia-Talau school

Breton onion salesmen in the UK

frame|right|Latin inscription reading DEO MARTI CICOLLUI ET LITAVI ('To Mars Cicolluos and Litavis').Litavis (Gaulish: Litauī 'Earth', lit. 'the Broad One') is a Gallic deity whose cult is primarily attested in east-central Gaul during the Roman period, where she mainly appears as the consort of Mars Cicolluis. She was probably originally an earth-goddess.'' The divine pair Mars Cicolluis–Litavis was likely associated with fertile and nourishing land, an interpretation supported by the meanings of both divine names. In medieval Celtic languages, various terms derived from the name *Litauia'' (

geographical object

1675 revolt in western France

assembly of the three estates in the duchy, then the province of Brittany

letter of the Latin alphabet

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