Who Were the Celts?: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Celts from 1000 B.C. to the Present

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Barnes & Noble Publishing, 1999 - Celts - 250 pages
The ancient Celts were exceptional in their preference for goddesses over gods. Yet this may not be surprising in a people who had female rulers, invented chivalry, and were ahead of their time in having equal rights for men and women. While the Romans created a goddess of sewers (Cloacina), the Celts had goddesses for things they revered, such as the forest, and horses -- and even war.
 

Contents

THE EARLIEST CELTS
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Britain Appearance Of The Celts Worlds First Women With
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UNCOVERING ANCIENT CELTIC CITIES
41
Cavalry In Action
54
WHO WERE THOSE ROMANS?
71
HISTORIC ENCOUNTERS 335225 B C
77
END OF THE CONTINENTAL CELTS
89
ISLANDS AT THE END OF THE EARTH
107
Irish Invade Britain Origin Of The Name Scotland The Voyage
153
Irelands Most Famous Story Irelands First Censors
163
And Scholars Of Ireland A Return To Their Roots Saint
170
CELTIC LEGACY IN AMERICAN HISTORY
191
Signer Of The Declaration
198
THE EUROPEAN CELTS TODAY
211
LEGACY OF THE CELTS
221
BIBLIOGRAPHY
229

Styles Games And Sports Bonding By Fosterage The Celtic
117
Of The World The Celts Hire German Mercenaries Bede
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