Patrick Pearse (Pádraig Mac Piarais), the most influential advocate of the progressive position, is properly regarded as the first modernist prose-writer in Irish. He argued that short stories should have a 'definite art form' (rather ...
The Celts
A fascinating exploration of the mythologies of the Celts.
Barry Cunliffe seeks to reveal this fascinating people for the first time, exploring subjects such as trade, migration, and the evolution of Celtic traditions, and examining such colourful characters as St Patrick, Cú Chulainn, and Boudica ...
The Celts
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It is the story of a multicultural civilization, linked by a common language. It is the story of how ideas travelled in prehistory, how technology and art spread across the continent.
Here is the Ancient Celtic history written by an author who is a known expert in the field, and who has the gift of a first-rate storyteller. This beautiful book...
Nora Chadwick's classic survey traces the rise and spread of the Celts, from their arrival in the British Isles in about the eighth century BC to the gradual transformation of their culture, initially under the Romans and later the Saxons.
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...
This revised paperback edition of the landmark volume that accompanied an exhibition at the Palazzo Grassi takes the reader on a voyage through many eras, places, and themes to rediscover the story of a people still in some ways shrouded in ...
This book shows, in contrast, that the Celts, as they have been known and understood over two thousand years, are simply the 'other' of the dominant cultural and political traditions of Europe.
The Celts
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The story of North European cultural ancestors.
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 ...
Showcases the Celtic civilization by presenting its art, from exquisite jewellery to weapons of war.
Rebellion and bloodshed sweep through the ancient Irish kingdom of Ulster when the beautiful Deirdre and the warrior Naisha fall in love, defying King Conor's wish to marry the young woman
The Romans had watched the rise of Caratacus and Togodumnus with concern, and Verica probably did not find it too hard to persuade Claudius to invade Britain to restore him to his throne. Besides, Claudius would have been well aware ...
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...