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Author : Bettina Arnold,D. Blair Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0521585791
An interdisciplinary group of contributors to this volume re-examine the structure and political development of Celtic states scattered across present-day Europe.
Author : D. Blair Gibson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107015630
This book tracks the development of social complexity in Ireland from the late prehistoric period on into the Middle Ages. Using a range of methods and techniques, particularly data from settlement patterns, Blair Gibson demonstrates how Ireland evolved from constellations of chiefdoms into a political entity bearing the characteristics of a rudimentary state. This book argues that early medieval Ireland's highly complex political systems should be viewed as amalgams of chiefdoms with democratic procedures for choosing leaders rather than kingdoms. Gibson explores how these chiefdom confederacies eventually transformed into recognizable states over a period of 1,400 years.
Author : Kassandra Conley,Edyta Lehmann,Sarah Zeiser
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Celtic literature
ISBN : 0674055969
This volume includes: "The Influence of 19th century Anthologies of Celtic Music in Redefining Celtic Nationalism" by Graham Aubrey; "A Reactionary Dimension in Progressive Revolutionary Theories?" by Olivier Coquelin; "The Spiteful Tongue: Breton Song Practices and the Art of the Insult" by Natalie Franz; "Celtic Democracy" by D. Blair Gibson; "Pendragon's Ancestors" by Natalie Ginoux; "When Historians Study Breton Oral Ballads: A Cultural Approach" by Eva Guillorel; "The British Tristan Tradition" by Sabine Heinz; "Time and the Translation of the Breton Laws" by Heather Laird; "Judas, His Sister, and the Miraculous Cock in the Middle Irish poem Cr st ro crochadh" by Christopher Leydon; "Se principen nominat: Rhetorical Self-Fashioning and Epistolary Style in the Letters of Owain Gwynedd" by Patricia Malone; and "Abduction, Swordplay, Monsters and Mistrust: Findabair, Gwenhwyfa and the Restoration of Honour" by Sharon Paice MacLeod.
Author : K. R. Dark
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474288316
Since the end of the Cold War, analysts of international politics have given much greater attention to issues of change. It has become increasingly clear to specialists from many fields that any understanding of large-scale political change must encompass far longer timescales than has been usual in the study of world politics, and must incorporate multi-disciplinary perspectives. This book evaluates and draws on relevant theoretical approaches from other disciplines such as sociology, economics, geography, history, anthropology and archaeology, as well as evolutionary theory and the mathematical study of complexity. Using an epistemological framework, Dark sets out a theory of long-term world political change: the theory of 'Macrodynamics'. This is then applied to historical, anthropological and archaeological data to explain the changing forms of political organization, from the earliest human societies to the late twentieth century. The resulting analysis is a reinterpretation of the processes of global political change in the past and present. This, in turn, opens new areas of enquiry in the study of international relations and has profound implications for how we understand the changing world of today.
Author : Eveline van der Steen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317543480
First Published in 2014. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Erin Boon,Kassandra Conley,Margaret Harrison
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Celtic literature
ISBN : 0674055950
This volume includes "Nations in Tune: the Influence of Irish music on the Breton Musical Record" by Yann Bevant; "Ethnicity, Geography, and the Passage of Dominion in the Mabinogi and Brut Y Brenhinedd" by Christina Chance; "Rejecting Mother's Blessing: the Absence of the Fairy in the Welsh Search for National Identity" by Adam Coward; "Gwalarn: An Attempt to Renew Breton literature" by Gwendal Denez; "At the Crossroads: World War One and the Shifting Roles of Men and Women in Breton Ballad Song Practice" by Natalie Franz; "Apocryphal Sanctity in the Lives of Irish Saints" by Maire Johnson; " 'An Dialog wtre Arzur Roe d'an Bretounet ha Guynglaff' and Its Connections with the Arthurian tradition" by Herve Le Bihan; "A Walk on the Wild Side: Women, Men and Madness" by Edyta Lehmann; "The Early Establishment of Celtic Studies in North American Universities" by Michael Linkletter; " 'The Marshalled Fence of Battle of All the Men of Earth' A Reading of C Chulainn's First Recension r astrad" by Elizabeth Moore; "Dreams of Medieval Scottish Nationhood: The Epic Case of William Wallace" by Kylie Murray; " 'Some of You Will Curse Her' Women's Fiction During the Irish-language Revival" by Riona Nic Congail; "Dating Peredur: New Light on Old Problems" by Natalia I. Petrovskaia; " 'From the Shame You Have Done' Comparing the stories of Blodeuedd and Bl thnait" by Sarah Pfannenschmidt; " 'And There was a Fourth son Llefelys' Narrative Structure and Variation in Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys" by Kelly Ann Randell; and "Fabricating Celts: How Iron Age Iberians became Indo-Europeanized during the Franco Regime" by Aaron Alzola Romero and Eduardo Sanchez-Moreno.
Author : Dougald J. W. O'Reilly
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 0759102791
Using the archaeological record, O'Reilly traces the rise of the state in Southeast Asia in a general synthesis.
Author : T. Douglas Price,Gary M. Feinman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781441963000
There are few questions more central to understanding the prehistory of our species than those regarding the institutionalization of social inequality. Social inequality is manifested in unequal access to goods, information, decision-making, and power. This structure is essential to higher orders of social organization and basic to the operation of more complex societies. An understanding of the transformation from relatively egalitarian societies to a hierarchical organization and socioeconomic stratification is fundamental to our knowledge about the human condition. In a follow-up to their 1995 book Foundations of Social Inequality, the Editors of this volume have compiled a new and comprehensive group of studies concerning these central questions. When and where does hierarchy appear in human society, and how does it operate? With numerous case studies from the Old and New World, spanning foraging societies to agricultural groups, and complex states, Pathways to Power provides key historical insights into current social and cultural questions.
Author : Barry W. Cunliffe,Wendy Davies,Colin Renfrew
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0197262554
Twenty-six leading scholars from around the world have come together to celebrate the strengths, the energies and the sheer intellectual excitement of their discipline. They unashamedly proclaim that over the last hundred years archaeology has transformed itself from a genteel antiquarianpursuit, deeply rooted in the classical tradition, to a rigorous and demanding discipline, spanning the humanities and the sciences, yet at the same time one widely accessible to the public at large. The contributors show how our understanding of the past has changed, reveal the exciting ideas under current debate, and offer their visions of the future.The result is a remarkable overview of world archaeology, focusing on new and unexpected themes at the cutting edge of the discipline.
Author : Bernard Wailes
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-29
Category : History
ISBN : 092417143X
V. Gordon Childe was the first scholar to attempt a broad and sustained socioeconomic analysis of the archaeology of the ancient world in terms that, today, could be called explanatory. To most, he was remembered only as a diligent synthesizer whose whole interpretation collapsed when its chronology was demolished. There was little recognition of his insistence that the emergence of craft specialists, and their very variable roles in the relations of production, were crucial to an understanding of social evolution. The interrelationship between sociopolitical complexity and craft production is a critical one, so critical that one might ask, just how complex would any society have become without craft specialization. This volume derives from the papers presented at a symposium at the American Anthropological Association meetings on the centenary of Childe's birth. Contributors to the volume include David W. Anthony, Philip J. Arnold III, Bennet Bronson, Robert Chapman, John E. Clark, Cathy L. Costin, Pam J. Crabtree, Philip L. Kohl, D. Blair Gibson, Antonio Gilman, Vincent C. Piggott, Jeremy A. Sabloff, Gil J. Stein, Ruth Tringham, Anne P. Underhill, Bernard Wailes, Peter S. Wells, Joyce C. White, Rita P. Wright, and Richard L. Zettler. Symposium Series Volume VI University Museum Monograph, 93
Author : John Haywood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317870173
This dramatic history traces the mysterious Celts from their dark origins, including Druids and King Arthur, right across Britain and Europe and looking at their beliefs, cultures and arts as well as their warring and expansion. The resurgence of Celtic identity in Britain and Europe has revitalized interest in Celtic history. At the same time, developments in genetics and archaeology have led to it becoming an arena of serious controversy. John Hayward explores the changing identity of Europe's Celtic speaking peoples through history, both as they saw themselves and as others saw them. Covering continental Europe, Britain and Ireland, and the present day Celtic global diaspora, this is a vibrant and meticulously researched account.
Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191577871
Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their real nature has been obscured by a tangled web of preconceived ideas and stereotypes. Barry Cunliffe seeks to reveal this fascinating people for the first time, using an impressive range of evidence, and exploring subjects such as trade, migration, and the evolution of Celtic traditions. Along the way, he exposes the way in which society's needs have shaped our visions of the Celts, and examines such colourful characters as St Patrick, Cú Chulainn, and Boudica. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Author : Robert L. Carneiro,Leonid E. Grinin,Andrey V Korotayev
Publisher : Eliot Werner Publications
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781733376952
What many anthropologists regard as the major step in political development occurred when, for the first time in history, previously autonomous villages gave up their individual sovereignties and were brought together into a multi-village political unit--the chiefdom. Though long neglected as a major stage in history, recent years have seen the chiefdom come in for increased attention. As its importance has been more fully recognized, it has become the object of serious scholarly analysis and interpretation. In this volume specialists in political evolution draw on data from ethnography, archaeology, and history and apply fresh insights to enhance the study of the chiefdom. The papers present penetrating analyses of many aspects of the chiefdom, from how this form of political organization first arose to the role it played in giving rise to the next major stage in the development of human society--the state.
Author : William P. Kiblinger
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030468248
This book examines human conflict throughout history, the reasons behind the struggles, and why it persists. The volume delves into the causes of human conflict and what can be done about them. Based on detailed descriptions that support insightful interpretations, the book explores significant historical events in the course of human history. By pursuing a “web of violence” approach, it raises and answers questions about the sources of conflict and how it may or may not be resolved through investigations into human agency and practice. It evaluates lessons learned concerning human conflict, violence, and warfare. To illustrate these lessons, the book presents a broad geographical and temporal set of data, including research on the time of Neanderthals in Europe (20-30 thousand years ago); the Late Neolithic civilization on the Mediterranean (6-8 thousand years ago); medieval Ireland; contemporary history of the Western Dani peoples of West Papua; and, finally, recent issues in Brazil, Congo, and Kenya.
Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Celtic antiquities
ISBN : 9780198752929
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