The History of the Celtic People
Author | : Henri Hubert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 728 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Celts |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Henri Hubert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 728 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Celts |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Simon James |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780299166748 |
The Celtic peoples of the British Isles hold a fundamental place in our national consciousness. In this book Simon James surveys ancient and modern ideas of the Celts and challenges them in the light of revolutionary new thinking on the Iron Age peoples of Britain. Examining how ethnic and national identities are constructed, he presents an alternative history of the British Isles, proposing that the idea of insular Celtic identity is really a product of the rise of nationalism in the eighteenth century. He considers whether the 'Celticness' of the British Isles is a romantic fantasy, even a politically dangerous falsification of history which has implications in the current debate on devolution and self-government for the Celtic regions.
Author | : Marcus Tanner |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300104642 |
The author of Ireland's Holy Wars journeys through the Celtic world to discover the Celtic past and what remains of the authentic culture today, discovering that Celtic revival is largely misplaced and that the threats to the world's Celtic communities and culture are relentless.
Author | : Martin J Dougherty |
Publisher | : Amber Books Ltd |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2015-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1782741755 |
Before the Roman Empire, the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Highly illustrated, Celts examines the different tribes and how they lived, fought and survived as a people, revealing the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, beheadings, druids and magic.
Author | : Charles Squire |
Publisher | : Tiger Books |
Total Pages | : 488 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Henri Hubert |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 313 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Celts |
ISBN | : 9781851709526 |
"The History of the Celtic People is a facsimile reprint of Henri Hubert's two volumes, The Rise of the Celts and the Greatness and decline of the Celts, which were first published in English in 1934"--T. p. verso./ Includes bibilographical refrences (p.295-313) and index.
Author | : John Arnott MacCulloch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Celts |
ISBN | : |
Scant records remain of the ancient Celtic religion beyond some eleventh- and twelfth-century written material from the Irish Celts and the great Welsh document Mabinogion. This classic study by a distinguished scholar, builds not only upon the surviving texts but also upon folk customs derived from the rituals of the old cults. A masterly and extremely readable survey, it offers a reconstruction of the essentials of Celtic paganism: fascinating glimpses into primitive forms of worship involving rites centered on rivers and wells, trees and plants, and animals; and examinations of evidence from Celtic burial mounds to explore beliefs and customs related to the culture of the dead, including rites of rebirth and transmigration.
Author | : Alistair Moffat |
Publisher | : Birlinn |
Total Pages | : 405 |
Release | : 2011-08-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0857901168 |
'The most powerful representation yet of the race which has repeatedly changed history as we know it' - The Scotsman Alistair Moffat's journey, from the Scottish islands and Scotland, to the English coast, Wales, Cornwall and Ireland, ignores national boundaries to reveal the rich fabric of culture and history of Celtic Britain which still survives today. This is a vividly told, dramatic and enlightening account of the oral history, legends and battles of a people whose past stretches back many hundred of years. The Sea Kingdoms is a story of great tragedies, ancient myths and spectacular beauty.
Author | : Barry Cunliffe |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 497 |
Release | : 2018-04-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0191067210 |
Fierce warriors and skilled craftsmen, the Celts were famous throughout the Ancient Mediterranean World. They were the archetypal barbarians from the north and were feared by both Greeks and Romans. For two and a half thousand years they have continued to fascinate those who have come into contact with them, yet their origins have remained a mystery and even today are the subject of heated debate among historians and archaeologists. Barry Cunliffe's classic study of the ancient Celtic world was first published in 1997. Since then huge advances have taken place in our knowledge: new finds, new ways of using DNA records to understand Celtic origins, new ideas about the proto-urban nature of early chieftains' strongholds, All these developments are part of this fully updated , and completely redesigned edition. Cunliffe explores the archaeological reality of these bold warriors and skilled craftsmen of barbarian Europe who inspired fear in both the Greeks and the Romans. He investigates the texts of the classical writers and contrasts their view of the Celts with current archaeological findings. Tracing the emergence of chiefdoms and the fifth- to third-century migrations as far as Bosnia and the Czech Republic, he assesses the disparity between the traditional story and the most recent historical and archaeological evidence on the Celts. Other aspects of Celtic identity such as the cultural diversity of the tribes, their social and religious systems, art, language and law, are also examined. From the picture that emerges, we are — crucially — able to distinguish between the original Celts, and those tribes which were 'Celtized', giving us an invaluable insight into the true identity of this ancient people.