Paperback. Brown board binding with white title and Celtic building on the front board.

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First Edition. Still a quality book both in appearance and readership. Physical description: xxvii, 451 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-420) and index. Subjects: Christian antiquities Great Britain. Christian antiquities Ireland. Celts Great Britain. Celts Ireland. Britons. Genre: Bibliography. Illustrated.

Review: This book explores the era between the 5th and 6th centuries in detail. It is a good guide book for readers who are interested in early medieval or post-Roman Britain.

Celtic Britain and Ireland were home to the Celts, a group of tribes that lived in Western and Central Europe during the Bronze and Iron Ages. The Celts were conquered by the Romans, and their culture was further impacted by Germanic tribes, Slavs, and Huns during the Migration Period. 

The Celts in Britain

• The Celts lived in Britain from around 750 BC to AD 43. 

• The Celts who lived in Britain were known as the Britons, Ancient Britons, or Pritanī. 
• The Britons spoke Common Brittonic, which is the ancestor of modern Brittonic languages. 
• The Celtic word Pretani likely meant “the painted people”. 
• Another name for Britain in classical sources was “Albion”. 

The Celts in Ireland

• The Celts also lived in Ireland. 
• The term “Celtic” is often used to describe the people and cultures of the Celtic nations, including Ireland. 

The impact of the Roman Empire 

• The Roman Empire conquered most Celtic lands.
• Many Celts were assimilated or wiped out by the Roman Empire.

The impact of the Migration Period 

• During the Migration Period, the culture of the Celts was further impacted by Germanic tribes, Slavs, and Huns.