This volume includes "The Influence of Nineteenth-Century Anthologies of Celtic Music in Redefining Celtic Nationalism," by Graham Aubrey; "Breuddwyd Rhonabwy and Memoria," by Matthieu Boyd; "A Reactionary Dimension in Progressive Revolutionary Theories? The Case of James Connolly's Socialism Founded on the Re-Conversion of Ireland to the Celtic System of Common Ownership," by Olivier Coquelin; "The Spiteful Tongue: Breton Song Practices and the Art of the Insult," by Natalie A. Franz; "Celtic Democracy: Appreciating the Role Played by Alliances and Elections in Celtic Political Systems," by D. Blair Gibson; "Pendragon's Ancestors," by Nathalie Ginoux; "When Historians Study Breton Oral Ballads: A Cultural Approach," by Eva Guillorel; "Textual and Historical Evidence for an Early British Tristan Tradition," by Sabine Heinz; "Time and the Irish: An Analysis of the Temporal Frameworks Employed by Sir Henry Maine, Eoin MacNeill, and James Connolly in Their Writings on Early Modern Ireland," by Heather Laird; "'And thus I will it': Queen Medh and the Will to Power," by Edyta Lehmann; "Judas, His Sister, and the Miraculous Cock in the Middle Irish Poem Crist ro crochadh," by Christopher Leydon; "Se principen nominat: Rhetorical Self-Fashioning and Epistolary Style in the Letters of Owain Gwynedd," by Patricia Malone; "Abduction, Swordplay, Monsters, and Mistrust: Findabair, Gwenhwyfa, and the Restoration of Honour," by Sharon Paice MacLeod; and "Performing a Literary Paternity Test: Bonedd yr Arwyr and the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi," by Sarah Zeiser.

This study builds on the work of the archaeologist Jose-Maria De Navarro to examine a particular celtic scabbard decoration, of two facing s-shaped dragons. The book contains maps of the distribution of these artefacts, and a full catalogue, together with an analysis of the iconography of the design. French text.