Manuel Alberro, University of Uppsala
Abstract
The paper focuses on Galicia in northwestern Spain, whose position within the Celtic world has long been the subject of contention. Many scholars have described the region's strong Celtic heritage, but the institutions of pan-Celticism have expressed what has often amounted to overt hostility to Galicia's claim to be a Celtic nation. Historical, linguistic, archaeological, socio-cultural and religious sources of evidence are considered in this study in an attempt to support Galicia's claims to membership in the league of Celtic nations.
Keywords
Bronze-Age Atlantic zone, Galicia, Celtic, pan-Celticism, Bretoña, hill-forts, round-houses
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Ancient literary sources: geographers, historians and maritime explorers
- Linguistic reconstructions
- Celts and Celtiberians in the Iberian Peninsula
- The main Celtic peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
- The Celts in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula
- Religious practices, traditions, cultural traits
- Celticization in the northwestern Iberian Peninsula
- Celtic immigration to northwestern Iberia during the fifth century AD
- Northwestern Spain and Portugal today and the new Celtic revival
- Re-enacted ancient feasts and music festivals
- The music
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
