The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World
John Haywood
Foreword by Barry Cunliffe
Maps by Philip Winton
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| 'A brilliantly balanced and entirely up-to-date picture of the Celts through time, from their distant origins to the present day. It is an incomparable source, an essential companion for everyone setting out to discover the Celts' | | – Professor Barry Cunliffe |
In a series of stunning full-colour maps, covering 3,000 years and spanning the whole of Europe, The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World charts the dramatic history of the Celts from their Bronze Age origins to the present-day diaspora.
No other book presents the story of the Celts so graphically and accessibly. Ranging over archaeology and military, cultural, literary and political history, this is a superb volume for home reference and an ideal introduction to one of Europe’s most inventive and influential people.
Taking into account academic controversies over the historical identity of the Celts and the latest research, the atlas examines the Continental Celts, the Atlantic Celts (Britain and Ireland) and the Celtic identity in the modern world.
The Continental Celts maps the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures in Central Europe, the migrations into Italy, Iberia, Greece and Anatolia and the beginnings of state formation and urbanization; Roman domination and the fate of Celtic culture under Roman rule; and the foundation and fortunes of Brittany and the Bretons from the Dark Ages until their absorption by France.
The Atlantic Celts begins with Iron Age Britain and Ireland, and goes on to map the ultimate failure of the Roman conquest; the resurgence of Celtic civilization in the Dark Ages; King Arthur; the history of Gaelic Ireland, from its conversion to Christianity to the Plantations; the history of the Welsh princedoms to the English conquest; and the making of Scotland.
The Modern Celts examines the revival of the Celtic identity, from the Celtomania of the 18th century, through the growth of nationalism, language issues, the global diaspora and the current state of Celtic culture.
Each map is accompanied by an authoritative text and supporting illustrations.
Also of interest:
Celtic Art: From its Beginnings to the Book of Kells
Philip Plisson's Celtic Coastlines |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500051097 | | ISBN-13 978-0500051092 | | | | 28.0 x 21.5 cm | | Hardback | | 144pp | | 160 illustrations, 126 in colour,plus 54 maps in colour | | First published 2001 | | | | £12.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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