The Celtic Dawn
Published Jan 2010
What accounts for the astonishing upsurge of interest in all aspects of Celtic life over recent decades? According to Peter Berresford Ellis, an authority on Celtic culture and history, it is the growth of Pan Celticism – a social movement, which has as its central concept the idea that the Celtic peoples have a special relationship with one another due to their common Celtic origins.
Ellis provides a detaileded history of the movement, from its development as the idea of middle class intellectuals in the mid 19th century to its present position of prominence in groups like the Celtic League, as well as a discussion of what the movement can hope to achieve in the future. Researched with enormous care, and written with not a little passion and vigour, this is a thoroughly readable, important book about the position of the modern Celts.
