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Celts - The History and Legacy of One of the Oldest Cultures in Europe (Paperback)
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Celts - The History and Legacy of One of the Oldest Cultures in Europe (Paperback)
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"They cut off the heads of enemies slain in battle and attach them
to the necks of their horses... They embalm the heads... [and]...
display them with pride to strangers." - Diodorus Siculus Before
the Vikings, before the Anglo-Saxons, before the Roman Empire, the
Celts dominated central and western Europe. Today we might think of
the Celts only inhabiting parts of the far west of Europe -
Ireland, Great Britain, France and Spain - but these were the
extremities in which their culture lasted longest. In fact, they
had originated in Central Europe and settled as far afield as
present day Turkey, Poland and Italy. From their emergence as an
Iron Age people around 800 BC to the early centuries AD, Celts
reveals the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, ritual
beheadings, druids, magic and accusations of human sacrifice. The
book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La Tene
periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic
Wars, military life, spiritual life, slavery, sexuality and Celtic
art. Celts is an expertly written account of a people who have long
captured the popular imagination.
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