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  • The Gods of the Celts

    by Miranda Green ...
    This is a fascinating book about the Celts and their religion, which covers all aspects of the gods, ritual customers, cult-objects and sacred places of the ancient Celtic peoples. The first chapter introduces the Celts and the evidence they have left behind, and places them in their geographical and chronological context. The following chapters cover the various cults of the sun and the sky, the ... Read more

    $10.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Concept of the Goddess

    Edited by Sandra Billington, Miranda Green ...
    The Concept of the Goddess explores the function and nature of goddesses and their cults in many cultures, including:* Celtic* Roman* Norse* Caucasian* Japanese traditions.The contributors explore the reasons for the existence of so many goddesses in the mythology of patriarchal societies and show that goddesses have also assumed more masculine roles, with war, hunting and sovereignty being ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art

    by Miranda Green ...
    In Symbol and Image in Celtic Religious Art , Miranda Green argues that only by deciphering their complex systems of images and symbols can we uncover the realities of Celtic life and belief in Europe before and during the Roman period. She explores a number of iconographic themes in depth and examines the tribal and regional differences in artistic cult expression to reveal the very varied ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Beyond 1776

    Globalizing the Cultures of the American Revolution

    by Edward N. Simon, Wyger R.E. Velema, Carine Lounissi, Miranda Green-Barteet, Matthew P. Dziennik, Therese-Marie Meyer, Jeng-Guo Chen, Leonard Von Morze ...
    In Beyond 1776, ten humanities scholars consider the American Revolution within a global framework. The foundation of the United States was deeply enmeshed with shifting alliances and multiple actors, with politics saturated by imaginative literature, and with ostensible bilateral negotiations that were, in fact, shaped by speculation about realignments in geopolitical power. To reanimate these ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • Animals in Celtic Life and Myth

    by Miranda Green ...
    Animals played a crucial role in many aspects of Celtic life: in the economy, hunting, warfare, art, literature and religion. Such was their importance to this society, that an intimate relationship between humans and animals developed, in which the Celts believed many animals to have divine powers. In Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Miranda Green draws on evidence from early Celtic documents, ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Celtic World

    Edited by Miranda Green ...
    Series series Routledge Worlds
    The Celtic World is a detailed and comprehensive study of the Celts from the first evidence of them in the archaeological and historical record to the early post-Roman period. The strength of this volume lies in its breadth - it looks at archaeology, language, literature, towns, warfare, rural life, art, religion and myth, trade and industry, political organisations, society and technology. The ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

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  • Pagan Britain

    by Ronald Hutton ...
    Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this ambitious and thoroughly up-to-date book, Ronald Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression, and enduring cultural significance of paganism, from the Paleolithic ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Druids

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Barry Cunliffe ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in the second century BC. They are a popular subject; they have been known and discussed for over 2,000 years and few figures flit so elusively through history. They are enigmatic and puzzling, partly because of the lack of knowledge about ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Blood & Mistletoe

    The History of the Druids in Britain

    by Ronald Hutton ...
    The acclaimed author of Witches, Druids, and King Arthur presents a "lucid, open-minded" cultural history of the Druids as part of British identity (Terry Jones).Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Historian Ronald Hutton shows how this lack of definite information has allowed succeeding British generations to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Discovery of Middle Earth: Mapping the Lost World of the Celts

    Mapping the Lost World of the Celts

    by Graham Robb ...
    A treasure hunt that uncovers the secrets of one of the world’s great civilizations, revealing dramatic proof of the extreme sophistication of the Celts, and their creation of the earliest accurate map of the world.Fifty generations ago the cultural empire of the Celts stretched from the Black Sea to Ireland and the Highlands of Scotland. In six hundred years, the Celts had produced some of the ... Read more

    $12.39 USD

  • Lost Gold of the Dark Ages

    War, Treasure, and the Mystery of the Saxons

    by Caroline Alexander ...
    In July 2009 an amateur metal-detecting enthusiast made an astonishing find: 1500 pieces of bejeweled gold and silver almost 1500 years old, buried, lost, then forgotten. The treasure trove promises to shed unprecedented light on the most mysterious period of British history—the so-called "Dark Ages"—when the Saxons, Anglos, Celts, Picts, Jutes, and Vikings battled for control of the British Isles ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Celtic Cosmology and the Otherworld

    Mythic Origins, Sovereignty and Liminality

    by Sharon Paice MacLeod ...
    Series series Perspectives in Celtic History, Culture and Myth
    The early medieval manuscripts of Ireland and Britain contain tantalizing clues about the cosmology, religion and mythology of native Celtic cultures, despite censorship and revision by Christian redactors.Focusing on the latest research and translations, the author provides fresh insight into the beliefs and practices of the Iron Age inhabitants of Ireland, Britain and Gaul. Chapters cover ... Read more

    $16.39 USD