The Celts
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Long before Rome cast its shadow across Europe, a remarkable civilisation flourished across the continent — fierce, artistic, and fiercely independent — and Nora Chadwick's The Celts stands as one of the most authoritative and absorbing accounts of that world ever written. This landmark work chronicles the rise and spread of the Celtic peoples from their origins in the European heartland, tracing their migrations, tribal societies, religious practices, and extraordinary artistic achievements across centuries of pre-Roman and early medieval history. With an introductory chapter by the eminent archaeologist Barry Cunliffe, this Folio Society edition presents Chadwick's scholarship in its full breadth, drawing on archaeology, classical sources, and vernacular literature to reconstruct a civilisation that shaped the very foundations of Western culture. Chadwick writes with the assured command of a scholar who spent a lifetime immersed in Celtic studies, bringing to life the druids, warrior aristocracies, and poet-seers who defined Celtic society, while never losing sight of the broader historical forces that ultimately transformed it. Her prose is elegant yet precise, balancing academic rigour with a narrative sweep that makes the ancient world feel viscerally present. A cornerstone of Celtic scholarship, this volume remains an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to understand who the Celts truly were — and why their legacy continues to resonate so powerfully today.
Author: Nora Chadwick
Format: Hardback
Published: 2001, The Folio Society
Genre: Ancient history
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Long before Rome cast its shadow across Europe, a remarkable civilisation flourished across the continent — fierce, artistic, and fiercely independent — and Nora Chadwick's The Celts stands as one of the most authoritative and absorbing accounts of that world ever written. This landmark work chronicles the rise and spread of the Celtic peoples from their origins in the European heartland, tracing their migrations, tribal societies, religious practices, and extraordinary artistic achievements across centuries of pre-Roman and early medieval history. With an introductory chapter by the eminent archaeologist Barry Cunliffe, this Folio Society edition presents Chadwick's scholarship in its full breadth, drawing on archaeology, classical sources, and vernacular literature to reconstruct a civilisation that shaped the very foundations of Western culture. Chadwick writes with the assured command of a scholar who spent a lifetime immersed in Celtic studies, bringing to life the druids, warrior aristocracies, and poet-seers who defined Celtic society, while never losing sight of the broader historical forces that ultimately transformed it. Her prose is elegant yet precise, balancing academic rigour with a narrative sweep that makes the ancient world feel viscerally present. A cornerstone of Celtic scholarship, this volume remains an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to understand who the Celts truly were — and why their legacy continues to resonate so powerfully today.