People from Cotes-D'Armor - Ernest Renan, Crown Prince Nicholas II of Montenegro, Bernard Hinault, Theodore Botrel (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Ernest Renan, Crown Prince Nicholas II of Montenegro, Bernard Hinault, Theodore Botrel, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Francois-Marie Luzel, Francoise Morvan, Marcel Brindejonc des Moulinais, Francois Jaffrennou, Bertrand du Guesclin, Etienne Didot, Ferdinand P. Beer, Ivo of Kermartin, Anne-Marie Idrac, James Bouille, Eon de l'Etoile, Jean de Kervasdoue, Armand Dayot, Danielle Collobert, Charles Le Goffic, Anatole Le Braz, Erwan Berthou, Leonard Charner, Paul Sebillot, Vincent Le Quellec, Yves Hernot, Armand Robin, Gwilherm Berthou, Christophe Le Mevel, Jules-Charles Le Bozec, Patrice Carteron, Guy Eder de La Fontenelle, Yann-Fanch Kemener, Francis Renaud, Christian Levavasseur, Desire Letort, Auguste Haouissee, Sebastien Hinault, Benoit Salmon, Benoit Poilvet, Bernard Goueffic, David Lelay, Jean IV de Brosse, Jean Le Fustec, Jeanne Malivel, Bruno Cornillet, Auguste Francois Marie Glaziou, Serge Lenoir, Cedric Herve, Cyril Gautier, Emile Regnier, Philippe Tibeuf, Guillaume Le Floch, Jean-Marie Corre, Arnaud Gerard, Marylise Lebranchu, Freres Morvan, Alexandre Glais-Bizoin, Corentin Corre. Excerpt: Ernest Renan (28 February 1823 - 2 October 1892) was a French philosopher and writer, devoted to his native province of Brittany. He is best known for his influential historical works on early Christianity and his political theories, especially concerning nationalism and national identity. He was born at Treguier in Brittany to a family of fishermen. His grandfather, having made a small fortune with his fishing-shack, bought a house at Treguier and settled there, and his father, captain of a small cutter and an ardent republican, married the daughter of a Royalist tradesman from the neighbouring town of Lannion. All his life, Renan felt a conflict between his father's and his mother's political beliefs. He was five years...