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Exploring the World of the Celts - Softcover

James, Simon

 
9780500279984: Exploring the World of the Celts
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500279985 ISBN 13: 9780500279984
Verlag: Thames & Hudson, 2005

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Warlike, flamboyant, courageous—the ancient Celts had a fearsome reputation. For five hundred years they dominated the lands north of the Alps, before being largely absorbed into the Roman Empire. But Celtic culture survived and achieved a glorious flowering in the post-Roman, early Christian era. Today Celtic influence can be found in arts and crafts, in legends, in place names, and even in languages.In this generously illustrated introduction to the world of the Celts, Simon James charts their way of life from farming to feasting, their wars, their gods, and their superb craftsmanship in metal, wood, and stone. He covers the neglected subject of Celtic life under Roman rule, particularly in Gaul and Britain, and the continuing traditions in Ireland after AD 400, when a Celtic renaissance gave birth to heroic tales, masterpieces of enameled metalwork, and renowned illuminated manuscripts.

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Simon James read archaeology at the London Institute of Archaeology, where he also took his PhD. He has been a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Leicester since 2000.

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500279985
ISBN 13 
9780500279984
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
192
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