HIDDEN WOMEN: Frankish Splendor & Valor in Celtic Europe - Softcover

Stewart, Jacqueline Widmar

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1710294167 ISBN 13: 9781710294163

Publisher: Independently published, 2019

Synopsis

As the curtain draws back to reveal Iron Age Europe, the concept of the Celtic civilization quietly takes shape on center stage. While invaders plundered their lands and rampaged their people, Celts steadily engineered the buildings and tended the sheep. Ironically, Europe’s indigenous ones empowered the very empires that enslaved them.50 years ago, European treasures could be viewed mainly at the Vatican and royal collections in major cities. Now, as archaeology reveals more about the originators of these splendors, new information is becoming more discernible too, even about underlying motivations. From intricately carved wine vessels to gold filigreed shoes, these finely crafted objects pay homage to male and female defenders in the grave. Even early coinage appears to have been more a sign of respect than purchasing power. Bearing imagery of favored objects like horses and wheels, small metal coins are still being uncovered in those burial chambers that have survived unscathed. Signs of astonishing capability and productivity of Europe’s Iron Age population suggest that Europe must have blossomed after the fall of Rome in the 5th century.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1710294167
• ISBN 13: 9781710294163
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200