Martin J Dougherty
Celts: The History and Legacy of One of the Oldest Cultures in Europe - Histories Martin J Dougherty

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Celts: The History and Legacy of One of the Oldest Cultures in Europe - Histories

Martin J Dougherty

Before the Roman Empire, the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Highly illustrated, Celts examines the different tribes and how they lived, fought and survived as a people, revealing the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, beheadings, druids and magic.

Publisher Marketing: They cut off the heads of enemies slain in battle and attach them to the necks of their horses... They embalm the heads... [and]... display them with pride to strangers. Diodorus Siculus. Before the Vikings, before the Anglo-Saxons, before the Roman Empire, the Celts dominated central and western Europe. Today we might think of the Celts only inhabiting parts of the far west of Europe Ireland, Great Britain, France and Spain but these were the extremities in which their culture lasted longest. In fact, they had originated in Central Europe and settled as far afield as present day Turkey, Poland and Italy. From their emergence as an Iron Age people around 800 BC to the early centuries AD, Celts reveals the truth behind the stories of naked warriors, ritual beheadings, druids, magic and accusations of human sacrifice. The book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La Te ne periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic Wars, military life, spiritual life, slavery, sexuality and Celtic art. Illustrated with more than 180 color and black-and-white photographs, maps and artworks, Celts is an expertly written account of a people who have long captured the popular imagination. "

Contributor Bio: Dougherty, Martin Martin J. Dougherty is a Master Instructor with the Self-Defence Federation and a professionally qualified fencing coach. He has more than 20 years of experience as a sports instructor and has written or contributed to more than fifty books. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Media	Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released	November 14, 2017
ISBN13	9781782741664
Publishers	Amber Books Ltd
Genre	Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.)
Pages	224
Dimensions	251 × 199 × 25 mm · 910 g