A standard work on the Celts, expanded by half. Previously confined to Central Europe, it now covers their whole world as far as the rolling hills of Ireland - how they lived, what they believed, how they fought and perished. Spectacular finds of Celtic princely tombs with valuable grave goods and new research on early princely seats have in recent years repeatedly fuelled interest in the mysterious culture of the barrows and druids, in the bards and the Arthurian legend. Research has also made sensational progress outside the region of origin of the Celts, especially in the settlement areas from the Balkans to the Black Sea, Turkey and the British Isles. The Celts were on the threshold of advanced civilisation. This splendid volume presents them in all their facets. Many chapters have been expanded to cover the larger area and two new parts have been added. In the British Isles, the Celts developed a significant independent culture early on, which remained alive under Roman occupation and also in the Christian Middle Ages - in part even until today. The late culture of the Celts and their legacy in our time are rarely considered in non-fiction books. The author describes in detail the heyday of their medieval art, the Celtic enthusiasm of the Romantic period and its impact up to the present.
Group
Books
State
Second Hand
Author
Kuckenburg, M.
Title
Die Kelten
Details
2nd, greatly expanded and completely revised edition. Many almost exclusively coloured illustrations and maps, large format. Stuttgart: Konrad Theiss Verlag 2004. 238 pp.
