La terre du passé

This collection of essays presents evocative portraits of Brittany's rural past, combining landscape description, local folklore, and religious customs. The author records ancient roads and their solitude, craftsmen such as rope-makers who carry oral tales, the medieval Trô-Breiz pilgrimage to seven cathedrals, and the ornate stonework of parish chapels. Interweaving legends, pardons, and popular devotion, the pieces examine how memory, ritual journeys, and architectural expression shaped communal identity, while preserving voices and anecdotes gathered from villagers and travelers. The tone balances ethnographic attention with lyrical description to recover vanished practices and an enduring sense of sacred history.