The World of the Celts
"Richly illustrated sheds a strong light on the art and life of a gifted people."—Houston Chronicle.\ 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...
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"Richly illustrated sheds a strong light on the art and life of a gifted people."—Houston Chronicle.
IWho Were the Celts?The Celts in Myth and Reality8An Outline History of the Celts12Discovering the Celts: Hallstatt and La Tene14Timeline - Map of the Celtic World16IIThe Earliest CeltsThe Hallstatt Culture: Hillforts and Barrows20The Hochdorf Chieftain26Centres of Power: The Heuneburg28Upheaval and Migration, 500-400 BC29IIIThe Celtic LandsGauls in Italy34The Alps, South Germany and Bohemia36The Danube Lands and the Attack on Greece37The Galatians in Asia40Spain and Portugal: The Celtiberians42Gaul, 400-100 BC44Iron Age Britain47Early Ireland, 600-1 BC49IVThe Patterns of LifeThe Shape of Society52Celtic Husbandry54Farms and Villages57Hillforts, Brochs and Major Settlements60People, Population and Disease63Celtic Men64Celtic Women66Feasting and Fighting: How Society Functioned70VThe Celts at WarThe Spectrum of Violence74The Technology of War: Weapons and Armour75Chariots and Cavalry78The Celts on Campaign80War with the Greeks and Romans83The Battle of Telamon, 225 BC84VIGods and the AfterlifeThe Celtic Gods88Druids, Priests and Seers90Holy Places and Sacrifice92Lindow Man: Dead Men Do Tell Tales96The Testimony of the Grave98The Cemeteries of East Yorkshire100Celtic Cremation Rites103VIILa Tene Art and TechnologyThe Origins of La Tene Art106Celtic Art Styles108Technologies of Fire: Metal, Glass and Pottery111Crafts: Working in Wood114What Was La Tene Art for?115VIIIThe Celts and the Classical WorldThe Changing World of Late Iron Age Gaul118Roman Conquest: Italy, Iberia and Galatia122Julius Caesar and the Conquest of Gaul124The Revolt of Vercingetorix126Britain from Caesar to Hadrian128Why not Scotland or Ireland?133The Romanization of Gaul and Britain134Boudica's Revolt139Gauls in Togas140Romano-Celtic Religion in Britain and Gaul142The Countryside: Continuity, Change and Conflict146Civil War and Crisis in the Empire148The Golden Age of Roman Britain150The Fall of Roman Gaul and Britain151IXThe Celts of IrelandIreland in the Roman Iron Age, AD 1-400154Forts, Farms and Royal Residences156Myths and Legends of Ireland158From St Patrick to the Vikings162XThe Celtic RenaissanceThe Welsh and the English166King Arthur: Fact and Fiction168The Picts and the Scots170Scholars and Saints, Missionaries and Manuscripts172XITo Modern TimesCelts in Medieval and Early Modern Europe178To the Ends of the Earth: The New Migrations180The Celts Today181Glossary182Gazetteer183Further Reading186Acknowledgments188Index189
