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A HISTORY OF THE CELTS

Horace E Winter

The Book Guild Ltd

Sussex. England

This book is dedicated to the memory

of my father and mother.

First published in Great Britain in 2004 by

The Book Guild Ltd

25 High Street

Lewes. East Sussex

BN7 2LU

The right of Horace E Winter to be identified as the author of

this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the

AU rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in

retrieval system, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the

publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in

which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent

purchaser.

Typesetting in Times by

Acom Bookwork Ltd, Salisbury. Wiltshire

Printed in Great Britain by

CPI Bath

A catalogue record for (his book is available from

The British Library.

ISBN I 85776 867 I

CONTENTS

Foreword

Acknowledgements

1 The Beginnings

2 Principal Tribes

3 Gallia Belgica

4 The Roman Conquest

5 Armorica (Brittany)

6 Germany

7 The Channel Islands

8 The Roman Invasion of Britain

9 After the Roman Conquest

10 After the Romans

I 1 Wales

12 The Early Church

13 Cornwall

14 The Celtic Saints

15 Ireland

16 Museums

118

17 The Celts of Today

132

18 Brittany (Armorica)

170

Bibliography

181

vii

FOREWORD

The history of the Celts is a massive subject which could fill many

volumes. In presenting this shorter history the author hopes that it

will encourage readers to seek further information from the specia-

lised books on this subject which are available in public libraries

and many of which are included in the bibliography in this book.

The Celts did not have a written language and all tribal records

were memorised and passed on from one generation to another.

This lack of written records made it very difficult to get a clear

picture of their life and culture and it was almost a lost civilisation

until the mid 1800s when amazing discoveries at Hallstatt and La

Tene revealed for the first time evidence of their culture

throughout Europe, the British Isles and Ireland and linked

together the many isolated discoveries in these areas. The Celts

occupied a huge territory which stretched from the Rhine to the

Pyrenees and from Romania to Ireland. Their weakness was that

they always adhered to their separate tribal existence. There are

between 13 and 14 million Celtic people and each Celtic region

produced its own flag and emblem.

The only remaining areas of Celtic language and culture are

Brittany, Cornwall, Wales, Scotland, the Isle of Man and Ireland.

All these areas have societies which are very active in not only

preserving their language and culture, but in promoting it,

especially amongst children.

Thorneycroft,

Blindcrake.

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