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"Marcus Tanner has journeyed throughout the Celtic world - from the wilds of northwest Scotland to the Isle of Man, from Brittany to Patagonia, and from Boston to Cape Breton - seeking to discover the Celtic past and what remains of authentic Celtic culture today." "Weaving together extensive historical research with first-hand observations of Celtic people in far-flung communities, Tanner finds that talk of a Celtic revival is largely misplaced....

"Since its first publication, the late Professor Powell's book has been widely acclaimed as a major pioneering study. Using the evidence of history, archaeology and linguistics it portrays the rich variety of Celtic life, art and religion across the whole of barbarian Europe, from the Balkans in the east to France, Spain, Ireland and Great Britain in the west. Professor Stuart Piggott has supervised the preparation of a revised edition of this classic...

The early wooden homes have long since disappeared, but there are reminders of the ancient past everywhere-in Cornwall, in the stone forts of County Clare, on the Isle of Lewis and at Glenelg, and particularly in the poorest areas along the Atlantic fringes of western Ireland and the Outer Hebrides, where traces of the ancient way of life still exist.

The 55 essays in this book employ a diversity of scholarship to examine the myth, music, history, literature, folklore, art and archaeology of the Celtic world, its place in Central Europe, and its connections with the Near and Far East. -- Publisher description

Drawing on literary, mythological, legal, and historical sources, Peter Berresford Ellis sets out to explore the reality behind the myriad images we hold today. His Celtic Women provides a balanced and informed perspective on the position of women in Celtic society and asks how much of this ancient culture has filtered down through the ages. Ellis examines the concept of the "Mother Goddess" origin of the Celts as well as the pantheon of women in...

Based on lectures delivered at Trinity College, Dublin, which covered Irish poetry and prose for the last nine centuries, with excerpts translated from the original Gaelic.