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ELLIS**, PETER BERESFORD: : CELTIC WOMEN: WOMEN IN CELTIC SOCIETY AND LITERATURE

LONDON.CONSTABLE & COMPANY LTD.,1995.

ISBN 0094724601.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.Owner inked name+date to ink printed ex-libris stamp to title page and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price - usually indicates an export edition and generally believed to precede UK trade issue/distribution.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,blue monochrome pictorial illustrated dw/dj - (detail from Boadicea Haranguing The Iceni by H.C. Selous) with yellow+white lettering to front and spine; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges with minimal sporadic foxing/spotting but still bright,fore- edges bright and cleaner without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain black cloth bds with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white eps.UK,8vo HB+dw/ dj,1st edn,11-288pp [paginated] includes an introduction,10 chapters and an epilogue,12pp b/w photographs in 1 block, between pp160/61,acknowledgements,a bibliography and an index,plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages, separate,individual contents+illustrations lists/tables,and epigrams (2).An uncommon UK 1st edn and in exceptional condition. The role of women in ancient Celtic society has become a contemporary battleground.Feminists have seen Celtic women as role models in their fight against patriarchal consciousness and in he sexual political struggle of today. Their opponents maintain that the idea of ancient sexual liberation and equality is a nonsense. Peter Beresford Ellis brings sanity into this furious debate,by doing what he does best - examining the evidence in a scholarly and balanced manner.Although Boudicca (Boadicea) is often cited as the most powerful historical Celtic female figure,who led southern Britain in insurrection against the Romans,the author shows that she was by means unique. He examines the concepts of the 'Mother Goddess' origins of the Celts and the pantheon of Celtic female deities.He looks at the personalities of female figures in mythology,from Etain and Emer,Macha and Medb,Rhiannon and Gwenhwyvar (Guinevere) - together with a whle range of characters from powerful women,weak women,serious women,capricious women,vengeful women and ambitious women. He does not neglect the historical personalities and,in one of the most fascinating sections of the book,examines the position of women under the native Celtic law systems.He analyses the contention that Christianity destroyed the matri-centred Celtic society and degenerated the role of women,charting their role in the early Celtic Church. There is also a chapter on Celtic 'witches' as well as native erotic poetry. Highly readable,controversial,filled with new material but,above all,scholarly and thought-provoking,this is an important volume in both Celtic and feminist literature. Historian and novelist,Peter Beresford Ellis is recognised as a leading authority on Celtic studies.He is the author of several highly regarded works on Celtic history and culture,many of which have been published by Constable (UK).Titles include 'The Celtic Empire' (1990),'A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology' (1992), 'Celt and Saxon' (1993) and 'The Druids' (1994). Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
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