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Buy this book on-line LAING, LLOYD: : Celtic Britain - [Before the Conquest]LONDON.ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL,1979. ISBN 0710001312.
UK,8vo HB+protected dw/dj,1st edn.
FINE/FINE.Owner's,neat,ink place-name+date inscrptn to top corner of front fep. Bright,glossy,laminated,wrap-around colour scenic photographic dw/dj [cells at Tintagel Castle,Cornwall.]; with negligible shelf-wear and minimal creasing
to edges - no nicks or tears present.Top
edge minimally dust-soiled,fore-edge generally clean with miniscule marking; contents bright,tight and near pristine.
Clean,dark green paper-covered boards with bright,crisp,stamped gilt letters to spine /backstrip and plain green endpapers.UK, 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,v-xipp+1-186pp [paginated] includes half-title+title pages,contents+illustrations lists,109 illus: mixture of contemporary b/w photographs, b/w illus, and 3 maps,5 chapters includes introduction,best of Celtic Britain - a gazetteer - further reading and an index.
Of all the ancient people of Europe,the Celts stand out as one of the most intriguing.In 'Celtic Britain',Dr Laing traces the history of the Celts and Celtic
culture from the arrival of the first scattered groups of settlers in Britain in
the 7thC BC to the development of the kingdoms of medieval Scotland and Wales.
Although a Celtic culture continued to flourish independently throughout the Roman and Saxon periods,influences from outside began to permeate Celtic society, particularly that of Christianity.Dr Laing,whose work on the later Celts has won wide critical acclaim,introduces new material on the growth of a specifically Celtic Christianity,especially in Ireland
and Scotland.He concludes by examining the
'myth' of the Celts in modern times.
Drawn from an exhaustive study of all available sources,including results of the most recent scientific investigations.
Of particular use is the addition of a gazetteer of the most notable Celtic sites
in Britain accessible to the general public.
Britain before the Conquest - An Archaeological History of the British Isles,c1500BC - AD1066 - under editorship
of general editor Andrew Wheatcroft.The early history of British society presents a recurring theme of conquest and subsequent cultural fusion,a subtle and complex pattern which can only be revealed
by using many sources,both historical and
archaeological.There is no comprehensive study of these foundations of British culture and society written by experts for
a non-specialist audience.This series of books has been designed to meet that need.
There are 5 volumes in the series, covering the period from Palaeolithic Britain through to the eve of the Norman Conquest; in each volume,the author has sought to bring the often obscure findings
of scholarship to a wider interested audience,through the medium of non-technical presentation and carefully selected photographs,maps and plans.
Although each volume is complete in itself,the series as a whole forms a complete history of early Britain.
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