The Atlantic Celts

Author : Simon James
Publisher : Univ of Wisconsin Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0299166740

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The Atlantic Celts by Simon James Pdf

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 : Miranda Green
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135632434

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The Celtic World by Miranda Green Pdf

The Celtic World is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth - it looks at archaeology, language, literature, towns, warfare, rural life, art, religion and myth, trade and industry, political organisations, society and technology. The Celtic World draws together material from all over pagan Celtic Europe and includes contributions from British, European and American scholars. Much of the material is new research which is previously unpublished. The book addresses some important issues - Who were the ancient Celts? Can we speak of them as the first Europeans? In what form does the Celtic identity exist today and how does this relate to the ancient Celts? For anyone interested in the Celts, and for students and academics alike, The Celtic World will be a valuable resource and a fascinating read.

Author : John T. Koch,Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781785702280

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Celtic from the West 3 by John T. Koch,Barry Cunliffe Pdf

"The Celtic languages and groups called Keltoi (i.e. 'Celts') emerge into our written records at the pre-Roman Iron Age. The impetus for this book is to explore from the perspectives of three disciplines--archaeology, genetics, and linguistics--the background in later European prehistory to these developments. There is a traditional scenario, according to which, Celtic speech and the associated group identity came in to being during the Early Iron Age in the north Alpine zone and then rapidly spread across central and western Europe. This idea of 'Celtogenesis' remains deeply entrenched in scholarly and popular thought. But it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile with recent discoveries pointing towards origins in the deeper past. It should no longer be taken for granted that Atlantic Europe during the 2nd and 3rd millennia BC were pre-Celtic or even pre-Indo-European. The explorations in Celtic from the West 3 are drawn together in this spirit, continuing two earlier volumes in the influential series"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191577871

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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction by Barry Cunliffe Pdf

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 : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191067211

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The Ancient Celts, Second Edition by Barry Cunliffe Pdf

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.

Author : Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Celtic antiquities
ISBN : 9780198752929

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The Ancient Celts by Barry Cunliffe Pdf

First Edition published by Oxford University Press in 1997"--Title page verso."

Author : James Muldoon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : 0754659585

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The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe by James Muldoon Pdf

Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on expansion eastward and the crusades. The selection of studies reprinted here, however, focuses on the other end of Eurasia, where dwelled the warlike Celts, and beyond whom lay the north seas and the awesome Atlantic Ocean, formidable obstacles to expansion westward. This volume looks first at the legacy of the Viking expansion which had briefly created a network stretching across the sea from Britain and Ireland to North America, and had demonstrated that the Atlantic could be crossed and land reached. The next sections deal with the English expansion in the western and northern British Isles. In the 12th century the Normans began the process of subjugating the Celts, thus inaugurating for the English an experience which was to prove crucial when colonizing the Americas in the 17th century. Medieval Ireland in particular served as a laboratory for the development of imperial institutions, attitudes, and ideologies that shaped the creation of the British Empire and served as a staging area for further expansion westward.

Author : Ramón Sainero Sánchez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Celts
ISBN : OCLC:961581230

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The Celts and Historical and Cultural Origins of Atlantic Europe by Ramón Sainero Sánchez Pdf

Author : Ramón Sainero Sánchez
Publisher : Irish Research Series; 62
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 193632041X

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The Celts and Historical and Cultural Origins of Atlantic Europe by Ramón Sainero Sánchez Pdf

This research study offers new theories of interpretation and analysis of the Gaelic sources dealing with the peopling of the Europe's Atlantic frontiers by the Celts [Kelts]. Important scholarly work is achieved in discussions of Celtic origins, linguistic development, cultural ethos, religion and history. The theoretical intersection of linguistics, anthropology and history is supplemented by a close reading of the ancient Gaelic sources contained in The Leabhar Gabhala.

Author : Barry W. Cunliffe,John T. Koch
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Celtic antiquities
ISBN : 1842174754

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Celtic from the West by Barry W. Cunliffe,John T. Koch Pdf

This book is an exploration of the new idea that the Celtic languages originated in the Atlantic Zone during the Bronze Age, approached from various perspectives pro and con, archaeology, genetics, and philology. This Celtic Atlantic Bronze Age theory represents a major departure from the long-established, but increasingly problematical scenario in which the story of the Ancient Celtic languages and that of peoples called Keltoí Celts are closely bound up with the archaeology of the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures of Iron Age west-central Europe. The Celtic from the West proposal was first presented in Barry Cunliffe's Facing the Ocean (2001) and has subsequently found resonance amongst geneticists. It provoked controversy on the part of some linguists, though is significantly in accord with John Koch's findings in Tartessian (2009). The present collection is intended to pursue the question further in order to determine whether this earlier and more westerly starting point might now be developed as a more robust foundation for Celtic studies. As well as having this specific aim, a more general purpose of Celtic from the West is to bring to an English-language readership some of the rapidly unfolding and too often neglected evidence of the pre-Roman peoples and languages of the western Iberian Peninsula. Celtic from the West is an outgrowth of a multidisciplinary conference held at the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth in December 2008. As well as the 11 chapters, the book includes 45 distribution maps and a further 80 illustrations. The conference and collaborative volume mark the launch of a multi-year research initiative undertaken by the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies [CAWCS]: Ancient Britain and the Atlantic Zone [ABrAZo]. Contributors: (Archaeology) Barry Cunliffe; Raimund Karl; Amílcar Guerra; (Genetics) Brian McEvoy & Daniel Bradley; Stephen Oppenheimer; Ellen Rrvik; (Language & Literature) Graham Isaac; David Parsons; John T. Koch; Philip Freeman; Dagmar S. Wodtko.

Author : Hildegard L. C. Tristram
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Celtic languages
ISBN : 9783940793072

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The Celtic Languages in Contact by Hildegard L. C. Tristram Pdf

Author : James Muldoon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351884860

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The North Atlantic Frontier of Medieval Europe by James Muldoon Pdf

Discussion of medieval European expansion tends to focus on expansion eastward and the crusades. The selection of studies reprinted here, however, focuses on the other end of Eurasia, where dwelled the warlike Celts, and beyond whom lay the north seas and the awesome Atlantic Ocean, formidable obstacles to expansion westward. This volume looks first at the legacy of the Viking expansion which had briefly created a network stretching across the sea from Britain and Ireland to North America, and had demonstrated that the Atlantic could be crossed and land reached. The next sections deal with the English expansion in the western and northern British Isles. In the 12th century the Normans began the process of subjugating the Celts, thus inaugurating for the English an experience which was to prove crucial when colonizing the Americas in the 17th century. Medieval Ireland in particular served as a laboratory for the development of imperial institutions, attitudes, and ideologies that shaped the creation of the British Empire and served as a staging area for further expansion westward.

Author : John T. Koch,Barry W. Cunliffe
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1842175297

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Celtic from the West 2 by John T. Koch,Barry W. Cunliffe Pdf

Europe's Atlantic façade has long been treated as marginal to the formation of the European Bronze Age and the puzzle of the origin and early spread of the Indo-European languages. Until recently the idea that Atlantic Europe was a wholly pre-Indo-European world throughout the Bronze Age remained plausible. Rapidly expanding evidence for the later prehistory and the pre-Roman languages of the West increasingly exclude that possibility. It is therefore time to refocus on a narrowing list of 'suspects' as possible archaeological proxies for the arrival of this great language family and emergence of its Celtic branch. This reconsideration inevitably throws penetrating new light on the formation of later prehistoric Atlantic Europe and the implications of new evidence for inter-regional connections.Celtic from the West 2 continues the series launched with Celtic from the West: Alternative Perspectives from Archaeology, Genetics, Language and Literature (2010; 2012) in exploring the new idea that the Celtic languages emerged in the Atlantic Zone during the Bronze Age. This Celtic Atlantic hypothesis represents a major departure from the long-established, but increasingly problematical scenario in which the Ancient Celtic languages and peoples called Keltoi (Celts) are closely bound up with the archaeology of the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures of Iron Age west-central Europe.

Author : John T Koch,Barry Cunliffe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9798888571538

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Celtic from the West 3 by John T Koch,Barry Cunliffe Pdf

The third volume in the influential Celtic from the West series questions the accepted status quo on the development and spread of Celtic languages across late Iron Age Europe

Author : Marc McMenamin
Publisher : Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780717192892

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Ireland's Secret War by Marc McMenamin Pdf

A thrilling account of the true extent of Irish–Allied Co-Operation during World War II. Ireland's Secret War reveals strategic Nazi intentions for Ireland and the real role of leading government figures of the time, placing Dan Bryan and G2 – the military intelligence branch of the Irish Defence Forces – at the centre of the country's battle against Nazi Germany. With the help of over thirty-five hours of previously unpublished audio recordings that were held in storage in northern California for over fifty years, Marc Mc Menamin reveals the extraordinary unheard history of WWII in Ireland, told from the point of view of the main protagonists. Fascinating and entertaining, Ireland's Secret War reassesses the legacy of the Irish contribution to the Allied war effort through the voices of those involved at the time.