Understanding Celtic Religion
Revisiting the Pagan Past
Distributed for University of Wales Press
240 pages
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3 halftones
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 2016
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Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Foreword by Jonathan Wooding
1. Introductions: ‘Celtic Religion’: Is this a Valid Concept?
Alexandra Berigholm and Katja Ritari
2. Celtic Spells and Counterspells
Jacqueline Borsje
3. The Old Gods of Ireland in the Later Middle Ages
John Carey
4. Staging the Otherworld in Medieval Irish Tradition
Joseph Falaky Nagy
5. The Biblical Dimension of Early Medieval Latin Texts
Thomas O’Loughlin
6. Ancient Irish Law Revisited: Rereading the Laws of Status and Franchise
Robin Chapman Stacey
7. A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre-Roman Celtic Religion
Jane Webster
Bibliography
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Foreword by Jonathan Wooding
1. Introductions: ‘Celtic Religion’: Is this a Valid Concept?
Alexandra Berigholm and Katja Ritari
2. Celtic Spells and Counterspells
Jacqueline Borsje
3. The Old Gods of Ireland in the Later Middle Ages
John Carey
4. Staging the Otherworld in Medieval Irish Tradition
Joseph Falaky Nagy
5. The Biblical Dimension of Early Medieval Latin Texts
Thomas O’Loughlin
6. Ancient Irish Law Revisited: Rereading the Laws of Status and Franchise
Robin Chapman Stacey
7. A Dirty Window on the Iron Age? Recent Developments in the Archaeology of Pre-Roman Celtic Religion
Jane Webster
Bibliography
Review Quotes
Anders Ahlqvist, University of Sydney
"A fine selection of scholarly articles of great interest to Celticists and history of religion experts alike."
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