The Celts
Origins, Myths and Inventions
Published on 1. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-7524-2913-7 (ISBN)
Description
We use the word 'Celtic' fast and loose - it evokes something mythical and romantic about our past - but what exactly does it mean? Furthermore, why do people believe that there were Celts in Britain and what relationship do they have to the ancient Celts? This fascinating book focuses particularly on how the Celts were re-invented in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and how the legacy of mistaken interpretations still affects the way we understand the ancient sources and archaeological evidence.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 173 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
621 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7524-2913-7 (9780752429137)
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Person
John Collis is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, and is the leading British authority on the European Iron Age.
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John Collis is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Sheffield, and is the leading British authority on the European Iron Age.