Tag Archives: Celtic Origins
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 …
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 …
Origins of the Celts: Theory One
In a previous essay, “An Introduction to Theories of Origin and Definitions of the Celts” I talked about three different theories of the origins of the Celts and definitions of the word “Celt”. I also chose the definition of “Celt” that I am going to stick too and that definition automatically excluded one of the …
