{"product_id":"the-celtic-world-a-history-9781801512008","title":"The Celtic World: A History","description":"At the dawn of history the Celts occupied a vast swathe of Europe from Ireland in the west to lands south of the Black Sea in Asia Minor. The study of this Celtic past has often been a disputed and debated territory and for centuries the true story of these Celtic-speakers of old was obscured by fanciful origin myths. Their origins and subsequent history were slowly revealed when linguistic studies and archaeological discoveries in the nineteenth century began to expose a rich and complex narrative that is still being clarified today. A series of dramatic finds in France and Germany in particular have brought these ancient peoples to scholarly and popular attention. This was a prehistoric world that offered an intricate picture of connectivity and diversity across much of Europe. These were people who have bequeathed us a remarkable archaeological heritage, an astonishing art style, several living languages, and, in Irish and Welsh, the most substantial body of early written texts in a non-Latin tongue in western Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJohn Waddell is a former Professor of Archaeology in the University of Galway. His books include Archaeology and Celtic myth (2014).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Four Courts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160161186066,"sku":"9781801512008","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4e0cbbb4-c476-447b-8126-b2d1aabfe1e5.jpg?v=1775038476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-celtic-world-a-history-9781801512008","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}