A01=Christiane Eluere
Author_Christiane Eluere
Category=NHD
Category=NHTB
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Product details
- ISBN 9780500300343
- Weight: 270g
- Dimensions: 125 x 177mm
- Publication Date: 25 Oct 1993
- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Lovers of gold, wine and war, the Celts have no voice because they left no written records. Much of what we know of them comes from their enemies, the Romans, who finally crushed them, and from the weapons and ornaments they buried with their dead. From these traces we can now resurrect a sophisticated people who dominated Europe for 500 years.
These highly cultured 'barbarians', with their exquisite jewelry and metalwork, were eventually driven to the edges of the known world – yet were destined to shine out once more in the art of Celtic Christianity.
These highly cultured 'barbarians', with their exquisite jewelry and metalwork, were eventually driven to the edges of the known world – yet were destined to shine out once more in the art of Celtic Christianity.
Christiane Eluère is a French historian specialised in the history of the Celts.
