Monthly Archives: July, 2011
Lords of Battle: The World of the Celtic Warrior (World of the Warrior) by Stephen Allen
Author: Stephen Allen Series: World of the Warrior Publisher: Osprey Publishing Copyright: 2007 ISBN: 9781841769486 Pages: 224 Synopsis: To the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome, the Celtic warrior of the late Iron Age was the archetypal barbarian: savage, undisciplined, and bloodthirsty. In a clash of cultures that lasted almost 500 years, the rich and …
The Celts: A Chronological History by Dáithí Ó hÓgáin
Author: Dáithí Ó hÓgáin Publisher: The Collins Press Copyright: 2002, reprinted 2006 ISBN: 9780851159232 Pages: 248 Synopsis: The Celts were one of the most important population groups to spread across the ancient European continent. From 800BC to 1050AD their story is one of expanding power and influence followed by contraction and near extinction. Drawing on …
Indo-European Poetry and Myth By M. L. West
Author: M. L. West Publisher: Oxford University Press Publishing Year: 2007 ISBN: 978-0-19-928075-9 Pages: 539 Synopsis: The Indo-Europeans, speakers of the prehistoric parent language from which most European and some Asiatic languages are descended, most probably lived on the Eurasian steppes some five or six thousand years ago. Martin West investigates their traditional mythologies, religions, …
Celts and the Classical World by David Rankin
Author: David Rankin Publisher: Routledge (an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group) Publishing History: First published in 1987 by Croom Helm Ltd, first published in paperback in 1996 by Routledge, the edition I am using for this review was published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003. ISBN: 0-203-75022-5 (Adobe eReader Format) Synopsis: To observe …
The Celtic Languages Edited by Dr. Martin J. Balls and Dr. Nicole Muller
Editors: Dr. Martin J. Balls and Dr. Nicole Muller Series: ROUTLEDGE LANGUAGE FAMILY SERIES ISBN 13: 9780415422796 Pages: 816 Publisher: Routledge Copyright: Second Edition 2009 Synopsis: The Celtic Languages describes in depth all the Celtic languages from historical, structural and sociolinguistic perspectives with individual chapters on Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Welsh, Breton and Cornish. This …
Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction (Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics)
Author: Benjamin W. Fortson IV Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited Date of Publication: November 10th 2004 ISBN: 1405103167 Series: Blackwell Textbooks in Linguistics Synopsis: Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction provides a comprehensive overview of comparative Indo-European linguistics and the branches of the Indo-European language family, covering both linguistic and cultural material. · Fills a long-present …
