A Guide To Early Celtic Remains In Britain

History

Peter Berresford Ellis

Europe

Constable Co Ltd

The Celtic Church, unlike its Roman counterpart, was never an identifiable organization with a central leadership. Nevertheless, for a period of 150 years, during the early Christian era, the million Celts of the British Isles were cut off from strict Roman influence. The Celts clung to old computations and freely mixed many pre-Christian traditions and social concepts into their Christianity and thus developed as a disctinct entity. Even as late as the 14th century AD in Scotland there were still bodies of Celtic monks (Culdees) clinging to the old ways. This study presents a general history of the Celtic Church in Britain and Ireland, concentrating on the Dark Ages which for Celtic people was a golden age of learning, of artistic achievement and development - achievements which Celtic missionaries took to other lands. Their influence has been profound and lasting.

Celtic Inheritance

Literature & Fiction

World Literature

RH Canada UK Dist

Peter Berresford Ellis charts the struggle for the supremacy of Britain between the invading ancestors of the English and the British Celts.

Celt and Saxon: The struggle for Britain, AD 410-937

Constable

Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Celtic Interest)

Reference

A title first published in 1995, which examines the status of women in ancient Celtic society, looking at powerful fgures such as Boadicea and her struggle with the Romans. Ellis examines the rights of women in Celtic law, their position in mythology and the view that ultimately Christianity degenerated their role.

Celtic Women: Women in Celtic Society & Literature

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Trans-Atlantic Pubns

Very few of the Gaelic aristocracy survive today, most being eradicated during the Tudor Wars of Conquest under Henry VIII, who asked them to exchange their titles for English earldoms. Only nineteen families maintain their ancient titles, still recognised by the modern Irish state. Peter Berresford Ellis tells the story of their history, their struggle for survival and their present-day lives. A great book by one of the foremost experts on the Celts.

Erin's Blood Royal: the Noble Gaelic Dynasties of Ireland

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Hell or Connaught!: The Cromwellian Colonization of Ireland, 1652-1660

St.Martin's Press

Macbeth: High King of Scotland 1040-1057

Frederick Muller, Ltd.

An original and enthralling account of gods and goddesses, magical weapons, mythical heroes, and fabulous beasts by one of the foremost authorities on the Celts

Celtic Myths and Legends

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The Celtic Church, unlike its Roman counterpart, was never an identifiable organization with a central leadership. Nevertheless, for a period of 150 years, during the early Christian era, the million Celts of the British Isles were cut off from strict Roman influence. The Celts clung to old computations and freely mixed many pre-Christian traditions and social concepts into their Christianity and thus developed as a disctinct entity. Even as late as the 14th century AD in Scotland there were still bodies of Celtic monks (Culdees) clinging to the old ways. This study presents a general history of the Celtic Church in Britain and Ireland, concentrating on the Dark Ages which for Celtic people was a golden age of learning, of artistic achievement and development - achievements which Celtic missionaries took to other lands. Their influence has been profound and lasting.

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