The Celts : a history from earliest times to the present / / Bernhard Maier

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910795633303321
• Autore: Maier Bernhard <1963->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• ISBN: 1-4744-2721-9
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (392 p.) : 6 B/W illustrations 6 maps
• Disciplina: 909.04916
• Soggetti: Celts; Civilization, Celtic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Translator’s Acknowledgements -- Introduction: People, Language and Culture -- Part I The Celtic Cultures of the Ancient World -- 1 The Beginnings of Celtic History -- 2 The Early La Tène Culture -- 3 Celtic Expansion -- 4 Gaul before the Roman Conquest -- 5 The Celts of Iberia -- 6 The Celts in Northern Italy -- 7 The Celts in Asia Minor -- 8 Gallo-Roman Culture -- Part II The Insular Celts of the Middle Ages -- 9 The Early Celts of Ireland and Britain -- 10 Ireland after the Conversion to Christianity -- 11 Ireland in the Time of the Vikings -- 12 Ireland from the Coming of the Normans to Colonisation -- 13 Scotland from Irish Settlement to the Reformation -- 14 Wales from the Romans to the Normans -- 15 The Union of Wales and England -- 16 Brittany from Prehistory to the Union with France -- Part III From the Reformation to the Present -- 17 Ireland from Colonisation to Emancipation -- 18 Ireland from Emancipation to 1945 -- 19 Scotland from the Reformation to Culloden -- 20 Scotland from Culloden to 1945 -- 21 Wales from Union to Industrialisation -- 22 Wales from Industrialisation to 1945 -- 23 Brittany from Union to 1945 -- 24 The Celtic-speaking Peoples from 1945 to the Present -- Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Celts and Europe -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Explores the fascinating history of the Celts and their cultural legacyNow in its second edition, this comprehensive history of the Celts ; draws on archaeological, historical, literary and linguistic evidence to provide a comprehensive and colourful overview from origins to the present. Divided into three parts, the first covers the continental Celts in prehistory and antiquity, complete with accounts of the Celts in Germany, France, Italy, Iberia and Asia Minor. Part Two follows the Celts from the departure of the Romans to the late Middle Ages, including the migrations to and settlements in Ireland, Wales, Scotland and Brittany. This section also includes discussions of the Celtic kingdoms and the significance of Christianisation. Part Three brings the history of the Celts up to the present, covering the assimilation of the Celts within the national cultures of Great Britain, France and Ireland. Included in this consideration are the suppression of Gaelic, the declines, revivals and survivals of languages and literatures, and the histories of Celtic culture. The book concludes with a discussion of the recent history of the meaning of ‘Celtic’ and an examination of the cultural legacy of the Celts in the modern era.Key featuresThis second edition features updated material throughout, drawing upon research from 2000-2016Includes archaeological, historical, literary and linguistic evidenceCompares Celtic to Germanic culturesExamines the cultural legacy of the Celts in the modern era