- Title Pages
- Preface
- Translator's acknowledgements
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Celtic History -
Chapter 2 The Early La Tène Culture -
Chapter 3 Celtic Expansion -
Chapter 4 Gaul before the Roman Conquest -
Chapter 5 The Celts of Iberia -
Chapter 6 The Celts in Northern Italy -
Chapter 7 The Celts in Asia Minor -
Chapter 8 Gallo-Roman Culture -
Chapter 9 The Early Celts of Ireland and Britain -
Chapter 10 Ireland after the Conversion to Christianity -
Chapter 11 Ireland in the Time of the Vikings -
Chapter 12 Ireland from the Coming of the Normans to Colonisation -
Chapter 13 Scotland from Irish Settlement to the Reformation -
Chapter 14 Wales from the Romans to the Normans -
Chapter 15 The Union of Wales and England -
Chapter 16 Brittany from Prehistory to the Union with France -
Chapter 17 Ireland from Colonisation to Emancipation -
Chapter 18 Ireland from Emancipation to 1945 -
Chapter 19 Scotland from the Reformation to Culloden -
Chapter 20 Scotland from Culloden to 1945 -
Chapter 21 Wales from Union to Industrialisation -
Chapter 22 Wales from Industrialisation to 1945 -
Chapter 23 Brittany from Union to 1945 -
Chapter 24 The Celtic-Speaking Peoples from 1945 to the Present - Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Celts and Europe
- Bibliography
- Index
Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Celts and Europe
Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Celts and Europe
- Chapter:
- (p.249) Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Celts and Europe
- Source:
- The Celts
- Author(s):
Bernhard Maier
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter looks back and reflects on the problems of the modern term ‘Celtic’. It suggests that the present inflationary trend in the use of the adjective ‘Celtic’ is due firstly to a deliberately selective viewpoint, and secondly to widespread ignorance of the historical premises underlying the modern term ‘Celtic’, and of the Celtic languages and literatures. The objective contributions of the Celts to European culture as well as their subjective role in the minds of their neighbours are also considered.
Keywords: Celtic culture, Celtic language, history, European culture
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Translator's acknowledgements
- Introduction
-
Chapter 1 The Beginnings of Celtic History -
Chapter 2 The Early La Tène Culture -
Chapter 3 Celtic Expansion -
Chapter 4 Gaul before the Roman Conquest -
Chapter 5 The Celts of Iberia -
Chapter 6 The Celts in Northern Italy -
Chapter 7 The Celts in Asia Minor -
Chapter 8 Gallo-Roman Culture -
Chapter 9 The Early Celts of Ireland and Britain -
Chapter 10 Ireland after the Conversion to Christianity -
Chapter 11 Ireland in the Time of the Vikings -
Chapter 12 Ireland from the Coming of the Normans to Colonisation -
Chapter 13 Scotland from Irish Settlement to the Reformation -
Chapter 14 Wales from the Romans to the Normans -
Chapter 15 The Union of Wales and England -
Chapter 16 Brittany from Prehistory to the Union with France -
Chapter 17 Ireland from Colonisation to Emancipation -
Chapter 18 Ireland from Emancipation to 1945 -
Chapter 19 Scotland from the Reformation to Culloden -
Chapter 20 Scotland from Culloden to 1945 -
Chapter 21 Wales from Union to Industrialisation -
Chapter 22 Wales from Industrialisation to 1945 -
Chapter 23 Brittany from Union to 1945 -
Chapter 24 The Celtic-Speaking Peoples from 1945 to the Present - Looking Back, Looking Forward: The Celts and Europe
- Bibliography
- Index
