The Celts: A History from Earliest Times to the PresentEdinburgh University Press, 2003 - 310 pagine This comprehensive history of the Celts from origins to the present draws on archaeological, historical, literary and linguistic evidence. It is divided into three parts. Part one covers the continental Celts in prehistory and antiquity, complete with accounts of the Celts in Germany, Italy, Iberia and Asia Minor. The second part follows the Celts from the departure of the Romans to the late Middle Ages, including the migrations to and settlements in Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Brittany. Discussions of the Celtic kingdoms and the rise and fall of Celtic Christianity are also given. The final part brings the history of the Celts up to the present, covering the assimilation of the Celts within the national cultures of Great Britain, France and Ireland. Included in this consideration are the suppression of Gaelic, the declines, revivals and survivals of languages and literatures, and the histories of Celtic culture. The book concludes with a discussion of the recent history of the meaning of Celtic in contrast to, for example, Germanic, and the effect this has had on modern perceptions of the Celtic past and attempts at Celtic cultural renewal. |
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People Language and Culture I | 1 |
The Celtic Cultures of the Ancient World | 7 |
The Beginnings of Celtic History | 9 |
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Anglo-Norman archaeological battle bilingual Breton Britain Brittany bronze Brythonic burial Caesar Celtiberian Celtic art Celtic culture Celtic languages Celtic tongues Celtic-speaking Celts central Europe centres CHAPTER Christian Church classical cult Dál Riata death decorated defeat deities Diodorus Siculus Druids early Celts economic England English Etruscan evidence excavations fifth century BC French Galatian Gallo-Roman Gaul Gaulish Germanic Greek Hallstatt culture Highlands historian Iberian Iberian peninsula important influence inscriptions Ireland Irish iron King kingdom known late later Latin linguistic literary literature Maier medieval metres Middle Ages modern monastery Mont Lassois Moscati nineteenth century northern Italy period poems poet poetry political population Posidonius pre-Roman regions religious Rhine Roman Roman Gaul Romanisation Rome rulers Saint Scotland Scots Gaelic Scottish second half settlement sixth century social sources surviving Tène term Celtic texts third century tradition translation tribes túath Uí Néill Vikings Wales warrior Welsh Welsh literature writing
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