Atlas of the Celtic World

152 Pages·2001·24.167 MB·English

by  John Haywood

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Abrilliantlybalancedandentirelyup-to-date
pictureoftheCelts,fromtheirdistantorigin'
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companion."-BarryCunliffe
Inaseriesofstunningfull-colormaps,covering
3,000yearsandspanningthewholeofEurope,
this first-everatlasoftheCelts charts theirdramatic
historyfrom BronzeAgeorigins topresent-day
diaspora.Takingintoaccountthelatestresearchand
academiccontroversiesoverthehistorical identity
oftheCelts, theatlasexamines theContinental
Celts,theAtlanticCelts (Britainand Ireland) and
theCelticidentityinthemodernworld.
TheContinentalCeltsmapsthe Hallstattand
LaTeneculturesinCentralEurope,themigrations
into Italy, Iberia, GreeceandAnatoliaand the
beginningsofstateformationandurbanization;
RomandominationandthefateofCelticculture
underRomanrule;andthefoundationandfortunes
ofBrittanyandthe Bretonsfromthe DarkAges
totheirabsorptionby France.
TheAtlanticCeltsbeginswithIronAgeBritain
and Ireland,andgoesontomaptheultimate
failureofthe Romanconquest; theresurgenceof
Celticcivilizationinthe DarkAges; KingArthur;
thehistoryofGaelic Ireland, fromitsconversion
toChristianitytothe Plantations;thehistoryof
theWelsh princedomstothe Englishconquest;
andthemakingofScotland.
The Modern Celtsexaminestherevivalof
theCeltic identity, fromtheCeltomaniaofthe
i8thcentury,throughthegrowthofnationalism,
languageissues, theglobaldiasporaand the
currentstateofCelticculture.
Eachmapisaccompaniedbyanauthoritative
textandsupportingillustrations. Rangingover
archaeologyandmilitary,cultural, literaryand
politicalhistory, theAtlasoftheCeltic Worldisa
superbvolumeforhomereferenceandanideal
introduction tooneofEurope's mostinventive
andinfluentialpeople.
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including34 maps
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HAYWOOD
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Foreword by
BARRY CUNLIFFE
with214illustrations,180mcolor,including54maps
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Acknowledgments
Thoughtheviewsexpressedherearemyown,Ihave
benefitedenormouslyfromtheadviceandguidanceof
BarryCunliffe,VincentMegaw,SeanDuffy,StevenElHs,
KeithStringer,DavidShotter,AlexanderGrantand Scythiangoldbeakerfrom
SimonHall:mygratefulthankstothemallfortheirtime Kul'-Oba(p.28)
andtrouble.IwouldalsoliketothanktheDepartmentof
HistoryatLancasterUniversityforsupportingmywork
throughanHonoraryResearchFellowship.
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ofaGallicpriestor
Druid(p.26)
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Contents
Foreword 7 TheOriginsofthe Picts 86
Preface 8 BritainandtheBritons 88
Chronology 9 KingArthur 90
TheScotsandthePicts 92
INTRODUCTION
TheOriginsofWales 94
The Celtic Identity
12 EarlyChristian Ireland 96
IrelandintheGoldenAge 98
PARTI CelticMissionariesand Scholarsin Europe 100
The Continental Celts Celtand Vikingin Ireland 102
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TheKingdomoftheScots 104
OriginsoftheCelticLanguages 28 TheLordshipofthe Isles 106
EarlyBronzeAgeEuropeandthe WalesintheAgeofLlywelyntheGreat 108
Umfield Culture 30 TheEndofWelsh Independence no
TheHallstattCultureinCentralEurope 32 Glyndwr'sRevolt 112
TheLa TeneCultureinCentral Europe 34 IrelandandtheAnglo-Normans 114
TheCelticMigrations 36 EnglishandGaelicLordshipsin
TheCelticInvasionofGreece 38 LaterMedievalIreland 11
Galatia:TheCeltsinAnatolia 40 O'NeiU'sRisingandtheFallofGaelicIreland 118
TheCeltsin Italy 42 ThePlantationsin Ireland 120
TheCeltiherians 44 TheHighlandsandtheJacobiteRebellions 122
HillfortsandOppida 46 TheHighlandClearances 124
VillagesandFarms 48
TradeRoutesofCelticEurope 50 PART
3
CelticStatesofLateIronAge Gaul 52 The Modern Celts
The Roman ConquestofGaul I 54 126
The Roman ConquestofGaul II 56 Celtomaniaand European Nationalism 132
TheGaulsunderRomanRule 58 TheCelticDiaspora 134
Celts, Romansand Germansin Central Europe 60 TheCelticLanguages Today 136
TheEndofCelticGaul 62 TheCelticCountries 138
CelticReligion: Druids, Sanctuaries, Temples
FurtherReading 140
and Tombs 64
Illustration Credits 140
TheOriginsofBrittany 66 m
The KingdomofBrittany 68 Index 141 m
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The DeclineofCelticBrittany 70
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PART2
TheAtlantic Celts
72
PrehistoricCeltic BritainandIreland 78
BrochsandDuns 80
The Roman ConquestofBritain 82
TheCeltsandRoman Britain 84 PipersataGalicianfestival(p.i]8)
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