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Celtic
History
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Among Druids
and High Kings : Celtic Ireland,
Ad 400-1200 (What Life Was Like)
Time-Life
Books (Editor)
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The Ancient
Celts
Barry
Cunliffe (Editor)
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Reviews
World
History Editor's Recommended Book
Each generation, the British
scholar Jacquetta Hawkes has
observed, chooses the archaeology
that best suits its current
ideology. For a century beginning
in the late 1800s, archaeologists
depicted the Celts as an
inordinately brave and poetic
tribal people who battled their
way across the Eurasian world
without being unduly
aggressive--in the manner, that
is, of good colonialists. Today
some archaeologists are more
inclined to consider the Celts as
a people who kept ethnic unity
alive across a huge span of
territory and time, a view that
may offer comfort in a time when,
as Oxford University professor
Barry Cunliffe writes,
"ethnic divisions are
becoming a painful and disturbing
reality." Cunliffe himself
takes the view that the Celts
were at once alike and diverse,
which led to the formation of
many different Celtic cultures
from the Black Sea to Ireland.
This heavily illustrated,
well-written book tells their
story well, from the beginnings
of Celtic culture in the distant
Indo-European past to the height
of Celtic power in the third
century A.D. Synopsis
Fierce warriors and skilled
craftsmen, the Celts were famous
throughout the ancient
Mediterranean world, feared by
both Greeks and Romans. Written
by one of the world's leading
authorities on European history,
The Ancient Celts is a stunningly
illustrated account of one of the
leading civilizations of ancient
Europe. 200 photos, 24 in color.
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The
Celts :
Uncovering the Mythic and
Historic Origins of Western
Culture
Jean
Markale
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Book
Description
While historians have tended to
accord the Celts a place of minor
significance in comparison to the
Romans, The Celts firmly
aligns the Celtic peoples as the
primary European precedent to the
Greco-Roman hegemony, restoring
this culture to its true
importance in the development of
European civilization. An expert
in Celtic studies, Markale
regards myth as a branch of
history, and explores
mythological material to reveal
the culture that gave rise to it.
The alternative historical vision
that emerges is both convincing
and exciting. One of the
most comprehensive treatments of
Celtic civilization ever written.
A cornerstone of Western
civilization and the major source
of its social, political, and
literary values, Celtic
civilization occupied the whole
of Western Europe for more than a
millennium. Unlike the Middle
Eastern forerunners of the
Greco-Roman world, Celtic
civilization is still alive
today.
Synopsis
This comprehensive treatment of
Celtic civilization peels back
the layers of European history
beyond the Greco-Roman influence
to reveal the ancient Celtic
people who were the real source
of our Western social, political,
and literary values. Drawing on
myth as well as history,
Markale's treatment is both
original and convincing.
Illustrations. (Inner Traditions
International)
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How
the Irish Saved Civilization :
The Untold Story of Ireland's
Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome
to the Rise of Medieval Europe
Thomas
A. Cahill
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Reviews
Amazon.com
In this delightful and
illuminating look into a crucial
but little-known
"hinge" of history,
Thomas Cahill takes us to the
"island of saints and
scholars," the Ireland of
St. Patrick and the Book of
Kells. Here, far from the
barbarian despoliation of the
continent, monks and scribes
laboriously, lovingly, even
playfully preserved the West's
written treasury. When stability
returned in Europe, these Irish
scholars were instrumental in
spreading learning, becoming not
only the conservators of
civilization, but also the
shapers of the medieval mind,
putting their unique stamp on
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The Fury of
the Northmen : Saints, Shrines
and Sea-Raiders in the Viking Age
A.D. 793-878
John
Marsden
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The Celtic
World
Barry
Cunliffe, Emil M. Buhrer
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Reviews
Synopsis
Numerous illustrations,
photographs, and maps mark a
large-format exploration of the
history of the Celts, a
civilization that once ranged
from central Europe to northern
Scotland. The pictures are really
fabulous! |
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The Book of
Durrow : A Medieval Masterpiece
at Trinity College Dublin
Bernard
Meehan
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Reviews
Synopsis
Brilliant color reproductions
highlight this investigation into
the creation and meaning of an
ancient Irish illuminated
manuscript--the seventh-century
predecessor to the Book of Kells.
An unusual and welcome gift for
anyone interested in the history
of the Emerald Isle. 30 color
plates. Midwest Book
Review
The Book Of Durrow is an early
medieval Gospel book from the
seventh century housed in the
Trinity College library: written
by Irish monks, this is the
earliest surviving insular Gospel
book. Here Manuscript keeper
Meehan examines the masterpiece,
using forty color reproductions
to aid in the interpretation of
the book's pictures and meaning.
A fine, specialized title.
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The Oxford
Illustrated History of Ireland
R.
F. Foster (Editor)
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Reviews
Synopsis
Few countries have such a
compelling and stirring history
as Ireland. This sumptuously
illustrated volume captures all
the color of the Emerald Isle,
from the earliest prehistoric
communities through centuries of
turbulent change, to the present
day. 200 halftones; 24 color
plates; 8 maps.
The latest volume in the widely
acclaimed series offers the most
authoritative account of Irish
history yet. From the earliest
prehistoric communities to the
present day, this book emphasizes
the paradoxes and ambiguities of
the Emerald Isle. More than 200
photos, 24 in full color.
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