Celts

The History and Legacy of One of the Oldest Cultures in Europe

Martin J Dougherty (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2017
Amber Books (Verlag)
978-1-78274-166-4 (ISBN)

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Before the Roman Empire, the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Highly illustrated, Celts examines the different tribes and how they lived, fought and survived as a people, revealing the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, beheadings, druids and magic.

“They cut off the heads of enemies slain in battle and attach them to the necks of their horses... They embalm the heads... [and]... display them with pride to strangers.” – Diodorus Siculus

Before the Vikings, before the Anglo-Saxons, before the Roman Empire, the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Today we might think of the Celts only inhabiting parts of the far west of Europe – Ireland, Great Britain, France and Spain – but these were the extremities in which their culture lasted longest. In fact, they had originated in Central Europe and settled as far afield as present day Turkey, Poland and Italy.
From their emergence as an Iron Age people around 800 BC to the early centuries AD, Celts reveals the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, ritual beheadings, druids, magic and accusations of human sacrifice. The book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La Tène periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic Wars, military life, spiritual life, slavery, sexuality and Celtic art.
Celts is an expertly written account of a people who have long captured the popular imagination.

Martin J. Dougherty is the author of Vikings: A History of the Norse People, The Wars of the Roses and Norse Myths, among many other books. A former defence consultant, he also writes on personal self-defence and modern military technology.

Introduction

Chapter One
Who Were the Celts?

Chapter Two
Celtic Society

Chapter Three
Celtic Art and Religion

Chapter Four
Celtic Myths and Legends

Chapter Five
Technology and Warfare

Chapter Six
Expansion and Decline in Europe

Chapter Seven
The Celts in Gaul

Chapter Eight
The Celts in the British Isles

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.11.2017
Reihe/Serie	Dark History
Zusatzinfo	Index; Maps; Halftones, color; Halftones, black and white; Illustrations, color
Sprache	englisch
Maße	192 x 250 mm
Gewicht	906 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	1-78274-166-6 / 1782741666
ISBN-13	978-1-78274-166-4 / 9781782741664
Zustand	Neuware