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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Cloth, xxiii, 839 pages, illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. Profusely illustrated. *** "The ancient Celts, in their heyday, inhabited much of Europe north of the Alps. This new and exhaustive study examines this fascinating people from the first evidence of Celts in the archaeological and historical record to the early post Roman period. Because the ancient Celts were virtually non-literate, scholars have to rely on archaeological evidence and the comments of Classical writers, in order to build up a picture of the Celtic past. This picture is incomplete, but it shows a fascinating, warlike, artisitc people who created beautiful objects, told wonderful stories and worshipped strange and powerful divine forces. The Celtic World is one of the most comprehensive studies of the Celts in recent years, with new research material from leading Celtic scholars from Europe, Britain and America. The book includes chapters on archaeology, language, literature, warfare, rural life, towns, art, religion and myth, trade and industry, political organization, society and technology. It also looks at the Celts in Italy, Spain, France, Eastern Europe, the Rhineland, England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland and concludes with a survey of modern Celts and how they view their Celtic identity. The Celtic World will be invaluable for students and academics of Celtic studies, and of interest to anyone fascinated by the Celts." - Publisher. *** I CELTIC ORIGINS: 1. Who were the Celts?; 2. The Early Celts: the Evidence of Language; 3. The Celts through Classical eyes; II WARRIORS AND WARFARE: 4. The Army, Weapons and Fighting; 5. Fortifications and Defence; III SOCIETY AND SOCIAL LIFE: 6. Power, Politics and Status; 7. Appearance, Life and Leisure; 8. Celts and Romans: Towards a Romano-Celtic Society; IV SETTLEMENT AND ENVIRONMENT: 9. The Natural World; 10. The First Towns; 11. Villages and Rural Life; V THE ECONOMY: 12. Resources and Industry; 13. Trade and Exchange; 14. Coinage; 15. Celtic Seafaring and Transport; VI TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFTSMANSHIP: 16. The Technology of Metalwork: Bronze and Gold; 17. The Technology of Metalwork: Iron; 18. Wood and the Wheelwright; 19. The Potter's Craft; VII THE ART OF THE CELTS: 20. The Nature and Function of Celtic Art; 21. The Artist in Society; 22. Jewellery and Adornment; VIII PAGAN CELTIC RELIGION: 23. Ritual and the Druids; 24. Sanctuaries and Sacred Places; 25. The Gods and the Supernatural 26. Burial and the Otherworld; IX THE CELTS IN EUROPE: 27. The Celts in Italy; 28. The Celts in Spain; 29. The Celts in France; 30. The Celts of Eastern Europe; 31. Celts and Germans on the Rhineland; X ON THE EDGE OF THE WESTERN WORLD: 32. The Celtic Britons under Rome; 33. Ireland: A World without the Romans; 34. The Early Celts in Scotland; 35. The Early Celts in Wales; XI CELTIC BRITAIN POST AD 400: 36. Language and Society in Wales and Ireland; 37. Early Christianity and its Monuments; 38. Mythology and the Oral Tradition: Ireland; XII THE SURVIVAL OF THE CELTS: 40. Language and Identity in Modern Wales; 41. Celtic Culture Today. Size: 4to.…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. Small quarto. xxiii, 839pp. Owner's name penned on front fly, else fine in fine dustwrapper.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback 1997 reprint. 24x17cm. xxiv+839 pages. Flat spine. Flat covers. Clean and tight book. No inscriptions. Flat pages. Dispatched with TRACKING boxed in cardboard. ref R-NB.

Paperback. Condición: Brand New. 1st edition. 864 pages. 10.25x7.25x2.25 inches. In Stock.