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This five-volume encyclopedia covers a wide array of material, using the latest scholarship by experts in the field.
Contents
kingship Celtic | 1060 |
KoerichGoeblangeNospelt | 1066 |
La Villemarque Theodore Hersart | 1076 |
lake settlement | 1083 |
Land League | 1090 |
Las Cogotas | 1107 |
Le Grand Albert | 1116 |
Ledan AlexandreLouisMarie | 1128 |
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Bruide mac Maelcon Bridei son | 297 |
Brythonic | 305 |
Cadafael ap Cynfedw | 311 |
Casdmon | 317 |
Caesar Gaius Julius | 323 |
calendar Celtic | 330 |
Campbell John Francis | 336 |
De hide Dubhghlas Douglas Hyde | 391 |
eltomania | 391 |
Gertie Ceredig ap Gwallawg | 397 |
charter tradition medieval Celtic | 403 |
Christianity Celtic | 431 |
Cimbri andTeutones | 437 |
Cistercian abbeys in Ireland | 443 |
Civitalba | 449 |
clearances | 455 |
coinage Celtic | 461 |
Colman mac Leneni | 467 |
Conan Meriadoc | 473 |
Constantine St of Govan | 479 |
Core of Caisel | 485 |
National Assembly for Wales | 540 |
Dacians and Celts | 549 |
DalRiata | 555 |
Danebury | 565 |
De BhaldraitheTomas | 571 |
De Paor Liam | 575 |
Deheubarth | 581 |
dictionaries and grammars | 587 |
Dillon Myles | 597 |
Domhnall O Duibhdabhoireann | 603 |
Eadwine Edwin | 641 |
education in the Celtic languages | 647 |
Edwards Sir Owen M | 656 |
Eryri Snowdonia | 719 |
Faelan | 727 |
fanum and sanctuary | 733 |
Fergus mac Roich | 739 |
fidchell | 746 |
Flann Fina mac Ossu | 752 |
Fomoiri | 762 |
Gaelic | 775 |
Gaeltacht autobiographies | 781 |
Galatian language | 788 |
Gaulish | 795 |
Geoffrey of Monmouth | 802 |
Gill William Henry | 810 |
Glauberg | 817 |
Gwrtheyrn Vortigern | 864 |
hagiography in the Celtic countries | 871 |
Hall Lady Augusta Gwenynen | 883 |
Hamel Anton Gerard van | 889 |
head cult | 895 |
Helvetii | 901 |
Hercynia silva | 907 |
Hibernia | 915 |
Hirschlanden | 924 |
la St | 949 |
Ida | 955 |
Inniu | 964 |
Institiuid ArdLeinn Bhaile Atha | 972 |
Irish drama | 980 |
Jackson Kenneth Hurlstone | 1031 |
Jocelin of Furness | 1037 |
Karaez Carhaix | 1045 |
Kentigern St | 1051 |
Kingdom of Man and the Isles | 1057 |
Leiden Leechbook | 1141 |
Lewis Henry | 1147 |
Liamm Al | 1153 |
Litavis | 1159 |
Lien Cymru | 1165 |
LlyfrAneirin | 1171 |
Mac an tSaoir Donnchadh | 1207 |
Mabon fab Modron | 1208 |
MacAoidh Rob Donn | 1212 |
MacEacharn Domhnall | 1218 |
Mac Liammoir Micheal | 1224 |
MacThomais Ruaraidh | 1230 |
Mael Chiarain ua Maighne | 1236 |
Maiden Castle | 1242 |
Nance Robert Morton | 1329 |
nativism | 1343 |
Nechton grandson of Uerb | 1349 |
Ni Dhomhnaill Nuala | 1355 |
Nominee Nevenoe | 1361 |
OBrien Flann | 1367 |
OConnor Frank | 1373 |
OFaolain Sean | 1379 |
O Rathile Tomas | 1385 |
Ogbma | 1393 |
Ordinalia | 1399 |
PCeltic | 1413 |
Pannonia Celts in | 1419 |
Parry Sir Thomas | 1425 |
Paul Aurelian St | 1433 |
Pergamon | 1439 |
Picts | 1446 |
Plato | 1450 |
Preiddiau Annwfn | 1456 |
ProtoCeltic | 1464 |
Redon Cartulary | 1476 |
reincarnation and shapeshifting | 1484 |
Revue Celtique | 1498 |
Rhygyfarch | 1504 |
ritual | 1510 |
Roazhon Rennes | 1520 |
Romance lyric Celtic substratum | 1527 |
Rome Gaulish invasion of | 1538 |
S4C | 1548 |
Salomon | 1554 |
satire and its sociolegal role | 1560 |
Sayers Peig | 1567 |
Scottish Gaelic drama | 1573 |
Scottish Gaelic prose modern | 1588 |
Scriolh | 1594 |
seannos | 1600 |
Senones | 1606 |
Singidunon | 1612 |
Sodor and Man the diocese of | 1618 |
Stair Bibuis | 1624 |
Strabo | 1631 |
TZ | 1645 |
Uthr Bendragon Uther Pendragon | 1645 |
TairRhamantY | 1647 |
Talorcen son of Eanfrith | 1656 |
Taurisci | 1662 |
Thurneysen Rudolf | 1668 |
Tochmarc Entire | 1674 |
Ua Duinnin Padraig | 1701 |
Ulster Cycle of Tales | 1708 |
Union with Scotland 1707 | 1718 |
Uueroc | 1723 |
Vendryes Joseph | 1729 |
VeterisVitirisVetus Hveteris | 1735 |
vitrified forts | 1741 |
Waldalgesheim | 1747 |
3 i9th century | 1773 |
Welsh women writers 17002000 | 1785 |
Williams Edward | 1799 |
Yann ar Guen | 1813 |
Ystradfflur | 1821 |
INDEX | 2041 |
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Popular passages
Page 326 - Of old thou didst lay the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They will perish, but thou dost endure; they will all wear out like a garment. Thou changest them like raiment, and they pass away; but thou art the same, and thy years have no end.
Page 235 - She was huge of frame, terrifying of aspect, and with a harsh voice. A great mass of bright red hair fell to her knees : she wore a...
Page 539 - The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, The furrow followed free ; We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea.
Page 139 - They are replacing the traditional methods of the neogrammarians which were so prevalent at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century.
Page 349 - We fulfil the demands of nature in a much better way than do you Roman women ; for we consort openly with the best men, whereas you let yourselves be debauched in secret by the vilest.
Page 478 - The study and publication of existing Gaelic literature and the cultivation of a modern literature in Irish.
Page 169 - Gallic peoples, generally speaking, there are three sets of men who are held in exceptional honour : the Bards, the Vates, and the Druids. The Bards are singers and poets ; the Vates, diviners and natural philosophers ; while the Druids, in addition to natural philosophy, study also moral philosophy.
Page 141 - They do not use olive oil because of its scarcity and, due to its unfamilinnt v, it has an unpleasant taste to them. When a number of them dine together, they sit in a circle with the most powerful man in the centre like a chorus leader, whether his power is due to martial skill, family nobility, or wealth. Beside him sit the remainder of the dinner guests in descending order of importance according to rank. Bodyguards with shields stand close by them while their spearmen sit across from them, feasting...
Page 120 - The Battle of Badon in which Arthur carried the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ three days and three nights on his scuid and the Britons were victorious.
Page 11 - King bears to his subjects of Wales; and again, at the humble suit and petition of his subjects of Wales. Whereby they infer that the statute had no purpose to extend, or intermeddle with any part of the King's dominions or subjects...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Celtic Culture: A-Celti Volume 1 of Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia, John T. Koch |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, 2006 |
| ISBN | 1851094407, 9781851094400 |
| Length | 2128 pages |
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