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A Very Short Introduction
Barry Cunliffe
ISBN: 9780192804181
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Edition: illustrated edition
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The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. This title seeks to reveal this fascinating people, exploring subjects such as trade, migration, and the evolution of Celtic traditions, and examining such characters as St Patrick, Cu Chulainn, and Boudica.
Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous fascination, speculation, and misunderstanding. From the ancient Romans to the present day, their real nature has been obscured by a tangled web of preconceived ideas and stereotypes. Barry Cunliffe seeks to reveal this fascinating people for the first time, using an impressive range of evidence, and exploring subjects such as trade, migration, and the evolution of Celtic traditions. Along the way, he exposes the way in which society's needs have shaped our visions of the Celts, and examines such colourful characters as St Patrick, Cu Chulainn, and Boudica.
| ISBN | 0192804189 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780192804181
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 157 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford Paperbacks | | Series ISSN | 94 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | Very Short Introductions | | Publication date | 26 Jun 2003 | | Height (mm) | 174 | | Library of Congress | D70 | | Width (mm) | 111 | | DEWEY | 936.4 | | Spine width (mm) | 5 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 176 | |
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| | | List of illustrations | | | | 1 | | All things to all men | | 1 | | 2 | | A view from the Mediterranean | | 8 | | 3 | | A little prehistory: the Atlantic longue duree | | 18 | | 4 | | A little more prehistory: the elites and middle Europe | | 27 | | 5 | | Peoples on the move | | 37 | | 6 | | Talking to each other | | 47 | | 7 | | Telling stories | | 56 | | 8 | | Sharing values | | 65 | | 9 | | Gauls and Romans | | 75 | | 10 | | Britons and Romans | | 84 | | 11 | | Interlude: the story so far | | 92 | | 12 | | Threads of continuity: the Celtic twilight | | 99 | | 13 | | Reinventing the Celts | | 111 | | 14 | | Striving for identity | | 122 | | 15 | | Every night a fest noz: the new Celtomania | | 133 | | 16 | | So, who were the Celts? | | 139 | | | | Further reading | | 147 | | | | Index | | 151 |
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