Description
Southwest France has witnessed many marvels and horrors. Paleolithic artists made their exquisite cave paintings there 20,000 years ago. Greeks and Romans left their own cultural signs. The medieval town of Carcassonne survived Charlemagne’s siege. Black Madonnas exist in Languedoc. In the 1200s, the Cathars were genocide victims of a crusade. Spanish civil war refugees fled over the Pyrenees. In the 1940s, partisans resisted Nazi occupation. Do the marvels outweigh the horrors?
Maya Sutton graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and received her PhD from UNM. She is a dual citizen of the Republic of Ireland and the US. She taught courses in Celtic mythology and history at UNM for ten years. Her Celtic courses emphasize her personal experience with each area, including access to museums, authors, archives, and adventures. She has spent time in all the Celtic lands in Europe.