The Archaeology Of Celtic Britain And Ireland
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Author | : Lloyd Laing |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2006-06-29 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0521838622 |
This book, first published in 2006, surveys the archaeology of the Celtic-speaking areas of Britain and Ireland, AD 400 to 1200.
Author | : Lloyd Robert Laing |
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Release | : 1977 |
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Author | : D.W. Harding |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2007-06-11 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 113426464X |
More wide ranging, both geographically and chronologically, than any previous study, this well-illustrated book offers a new definition of Celtic art. Tempering the much-adopted art-historical approach, D.W. Harding argues for a broader definition of Celtic art and views it within a much wider archaeological context. He re-asserts ancient Celtic identity after a decade of deconstruction in English-language archaeology. Harding argues that there were communities in Iron Age Europe that were identified historically as Celts, regarded themselves as Celtic, or who spoke Celtic languages, and that the art of these communities may reasonably be regarded as Celtic art. This study will be indispensable for those people wanting to take a fresh and innovative perspective on Celtic Art.
Author | : Lloyd Laing |
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Total Pages | : 451 |
Release | : 1975 |
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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 | : Lloyd Robert Laing |
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Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
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The term 'Dark Ages' was coined to describe a period which was seen as a period of anarchy and violence, following the collapse of civilisation. Recent discoveries by archaeologists and historians have, however, radically altered this traditional view of the Dark Ages, and the period is now seen as one of innovation and dynamic social evolution. This book reconsiders a number of traditionally accepted views. It argues, for example, that the debt of the Dark Age Celts to Rome was enormous, even in areas such as Ireland that were never occupied by Roman invaders. It also discusses the traditional chronology suggesting that the date of 'AD 400' usually taken as the start of the 'early Christian period in Britain and Ireland now has comparatively little meaning. Once this conventional framework is removed, it is possible to show how the Celtic world of the Dark Ages took shape under Roman influence in the centuries between about 200 to 800, and looked to Rome even for the immediate inspiration for its art. Such questions as the extent of British (that is, Celtic) survival in pagan Saxon England, and the Celtic and Roman contribution to early England are considered.
Author | : John T. Koch |
Publisher | : Celtic Studies Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Antiquités celtiques - Cartes |
ISBN | : 9781842173091 |
An Atlas for Celtic Studies is a unique and comprehensive reference book that presents a huge amount of information on what is known about the Celts in Europe in the form of detailed maps. It combines thousands of Celtic place- and group names, as well as Celtic inscriptions and other mappable linguistic evidence. Moving away from a narrative story of the Celts, the aim of this ground-breaking publication is to empower the reader with a wide range of evidence, lucidly presented, to show the geographic relationship of Celtic-language and non-linguistic cultural evidence, allowing individual interpretation. The Atlas has 64 large format pages of colour maps alongside pages of explanatory text, theoretical discussion, map details, bibliography, and index. This will be an essential work for anyone studying the Celts.
Author | : John Collis |
Publisher | : History Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
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We use the word 'Celtic' fast and loose - it evokes something mythical and romantic about our past - but what exactly does it mean? Furthermore, why do people believe that there were Celts in Britain and what relationship do they have to the ancient Celts?This fascinating book focuses particularly on how the Celts were re-invented in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how the legacy of mistaken interpretations still affects the way we understand the ancient sources and archaeological evidence.
Author | : Lloyd Robert Laing |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Art |
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This book surveys the full richness of Celtic art and discusses the settlements, social structure, cultural backgrounds, foreign contacts and the technological and spiritual developments that created it. Taking into account the archaeological and historical contexts as well as the art-historical, the authors attempt to get closer to the art through the people who created, ordered, paid for and enjoyed the many treasures illustrated here, such as the Tara Brooch and the Monymusk Reliquary as well as countless less well-known items some discovered as recently as 1994.
Author | : Ruth Megaw |
Publisher | : Shire Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-03-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780747806134 |
Ruth and Vincent Megaw's book cover the earliest Celtic art in Britain and Ireland, later Celtic art in Britain, Celtic art in the far west, and the Roman impact on Celtic art in northern Britain.