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(Sat May 25 20:00:33 2024) | Biblio | Fully Booked | Harmondsworth Middlesex: a Pelican Original Penguin Books Ltd, Date: 1977. Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. CONTENTS: List of Plates; Preface; Maps; 1. The Origins of the Celts: The Archaeological Evidence by J. X. W. P. Corcoran 2. The Celts in Europe 3. The Origins of the Celtic Kingdoms in Britain and Ireland 4. The Development of the Celtic Kingdoms of the West 5. Institutions and Way of Life 6. Religion and Mythology 7. Christianity 8. Celtic Art 9. Celtic Literature; Index. SYNOPSIS: Nora Chadwick, a Celtic scholar of international repute, describes in this Pelican the rise and spread of the Celts and their arrival in the British Isles in about the eighth century B.C. Her study of their history, religion, art and literature reveals those individualistic and imaginative qualities which have contributed so much to the world we live in today. Nora Chadwick was born in 1891 and went to Newnham College, Cambridge, where she was later an Honorary Life fellow. In 1922 she married Hector Munro Chadwick (d. 1947), Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge. Most of her life was spent doing research, mainly into the Celts. She held appointments at many universities throughout the British Isles, and had many degrees conferred upon her. She was University Lecturer in the Early History and Culture of the British Isles in the University of Cambridge from 1950 until 1958, and lectured in the Universities of London, Edinburgh, Wales, Oxford and Durham. In 1965 she lectured to the British Academy on "The Colonization of Brittany from Celtic Britain". Nora Chadwick wrote many books and articles in connection with her subject, and broadcast several times in England and Wales. In 1961 she was awarded the C.B.E. She died in 1972.. First Edition 6th Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 1977. a Pelican Original Penguin Books Ltd ISBN 0140212116 9780140212112 [CA] |
