Jean Markale

Who was Jean Markale?

Jean Markale was the pen name of Jean Bertrand, a French writer, poet, radio show host, lecturer and high school French teacher who lived in Brittany.

He published numerous books about Celtic civilisation, particularly the place of women in Celtic culture, and Arthurian literature. His many works deal with subjects as varied as summations of various myths, their relationships with subjects like the Templars, the Cathars and the Rennes le Château mystery, Atlantis, the megalith building civilisations, Druidism and the biography of Saint Columba.