Historical Atlas of the Celtic World

The Celts are one of those historical subjects which arouse passionate feelings ‐ a subject where sometimes historical and archaeological evidence can be ignored, or conversely invented to substantiate deeply held views on national and regional identity. “Celtic nationalism” was born in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as a reaction against the development of modern states and their increasing centralisation of power.

Haywood attempts the difficult task of summarising the history of the continental Celts from the emergence of the Hallstatt Bronze Age culture c.1200 bc; the story of the “Atlantic Celts” of Britain and Ireland who,...