Celtic Wales

by Miranda Aldhouse-Green, Ray Howell

Overview

This pocket guidebook tells the story of the very earliest days of Wales, tracing the development of its Celtic culture and peoples from the Iron Age through to its arrival as an independent nation in medieval times. Written to be accessible and interesting to the nonspecialist, the book draws on archaeology, literature, and history to explore a wide range of aspect of Celtic life in ancient Wales, including Druidism, war, farming, and even drinking habits. This new edition brings the book’s scholarship fully up to date and makes it available to a new generation of readers.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786830425
Publisher:	University of Wales Press
Publication date:	05/15/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	868,032
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Miranda Aldhouse-Green is professor emeritus at Cardiff University. She has lectured at academic institutions including the Smithsonian Institution and the Universities of Toronto, Melbourne, Utrecht, and Umeå.

Miranda Aldhouse-Green is Professor of Archaeology at University of Wales Newport. Her many books include Animals in Celtic Life and Myth, Celtic Goddesses: Warriors, Virgins and Mothers, Dying for the Gods, and, most recently, An Archaeology of Images. Until recently she was archaeology editor of Studia Celtica.

Ray Howell is Reader in History and Medieval Archaeology at the University of Wales Newport. He has directed archaeological excavations on Iron Age, Roman and medieval sites in Gwent and has published widely on the history and archaeology of Wales. He is co-author with Miranda Aldhouse-Green of A Pocket Guide: Celtic Wales.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ix

List of illustrations xi

Preface xiii

Map of Wales xiv

Prelude 1

1 Celtic Wales in its European Context 7

2 The First Welsh Celts: Iron Age Wales 23

3 Celts and Romans 51

4 The First Christians in Wales 85

5 The Early Medieval Period 105

6 Celtic Myths of Wales 127

Further Reading 151

Glossary 159

Index 163