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A carregar... The Historical Atlas of the Celtic World (edição 2011)por IAN BARNES
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Adira ao LibraryThing para descobrir se irá gostar deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. I feel like there was more to this book than I could grasp the first time reading it. Everything within the words- the hidden messages and the scrupulous tendencies would be better understood once read a few times over and analyzed thoroughly. This is the only reason I rated it 3 out of 5 stars. Once I read it again, I believe I would understand it much better This is definitely not the sort of book for casual fiction. It is one that must be harnessed and worked at to understand- though in doing so, the benefits gained would be quite intriguing. The title of this books says exactly what it is...it is a collection of geographical maps which span the known history of the Celtic culture. The list of maps run from the early Hallstadt Culture (750 B.C.E.) to Ireland in the European Union. The maps are four-color and the whole book is printed on very sturdy paper. This book shows trade routes, migration patterns, specific battles fought, and has some very beautiful pictures of the ruins and wonders left behind as the Celtic culture moved across the landscape of Western Europe. The book is compiled by Dr. Ian Barnes who is the Head of the Department of History at the University of Derby, England. He studied at the University of Sussex, England; the University of Stockholm, Sweden, and the London School of Economics (University of London). He has also been a United States Information Agency Visiting Professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. When I was an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, I got the distinct pleasure of taking a course under Dr. Barnes. He is a very knowledgeable man in regards to ancient and medieval trade and historical economics. I was very delighted to see his book as I was looking in a Barnes and Noble bookstore. This book stays on my reference shelf, as I am constantly needing to look up geographical information as most European writers think that us "Yanks" know where every town, city, village, hamlet, county, shire, etc...is located. I would recommend this book for any serious historian of ancient, medieval, military, or cultural distinction. I have found it very useful in my studies and I think if you are interested in this particular avenue of history, you will like it as well. Even if you are not a historian, it makes for an interesting read and might be a nice gift as a coffee table book or conversation starter. For the price it is worth picking up to add to your reference library, and the wealth of information and maps is worth its weight in gold. sem críticas | adicionar uma crítica
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This book provides a comprehensive history of the Celts, supported by accurate, detailed maps demonstrating the movements of the people and the major military campaigns and conflicts of the Celts, with engaging, informative text. The Celts made a significant contribution to the world's art and culture, and many European cultures continue to be influenced by their Celtic origins, with Celtic languages still spoken in parts of the British Isles, Ireland, and France. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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This is a large book so amidst all this stuff there are a few interesting things (but even then I’m not sure how much to trust them given factual errors elsewhere). For example, the original center of Celtic civilization – the Hallstadt culture – was somewhere around Prague, not a place you normally think of as Celtic. I was also amused and rather touched to find that the Welsh expatriate community in Argentina – founded in the 1860s - holds an annual eisteddfod, and some of the local Teheulche Indians have learned Welsh and participate. I was also intrigued by the mention of Breton nationalists – Bezen Perrot – cooperating with Nazi occupiers during WWII, to the extent of engaging in pitched battles with the maquis. In Cornwall, medieval tin miners set up their own courts – the Stanneries – and were granted a charter by King John giving them jurisdiction over the mining areas except in cases involving “land, life or limb”. As it happens, the charter was never revoked and Cornish nationalists have argued Stannary law is still in effect in Cornwall (which already has a somewhat different status within the United Kingdom than other areas; the other Celtic “nation”, the Isle of Man, has an even more complicated relationship with Great Britain and the rest of Europe).
Not recommended unless you know enough about the subject matter to spot all the errors, in which case you don’t need the book anyway. ( )