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Rethinking Celtic Art
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Pages: 233
Authors: Duncan Garrow
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-10-01 - Publisher: Oxbow Books

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Early Celtic art' - typified by the iconic shields, swords, torcs and chariot gear we can see in places such as the British Museum - has been studied in isolati
Celtic Art in Europe
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Christopher Gosden
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-29 - Publisher: Oxbow Books

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The ancient Celtic world evokes debate, discussion, romanticism and mythicism. On the one hand it represents a specialist area of archaeological interest, on th
Rethinking the Ancient Druids
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-15 - Publisher: University of Wales Press

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Relevance of the religious beliefs and practices of past European societies can enhance understanding of our own. The popular notion of Druids is unpacked and d
Rethinking the Ancient Druids
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-15 - Publisher: University of Wales Press

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Ancient Classical authors have painted the Druids in a bad light, defining them as a barbaric priesthood, who 2,000 years ago perpetrated savage and blood rites
Technologies of Enchantment?
Language: en
Pages: 395
Authors: Duncan Garrow
Categories: Art
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While Celtic art includes some of the most famous archaeological artefacts in the British Isles, such as the Battersea shield or the gold torcs from Snettisham,