Tuesday September 07, 2010

Celtic History

A Celtic Timeline Clock


  
  • 800 - 500 B.C. Hallstatt period. Named after Hallstatt in Austria. The people of this area shared a common Celtic language, religion and lifestyle.
  • 500 - 100 A.D. La Tene Period. Named after La Tene in Switzerland. Period is famous for the advent of the two-wheeled chariot. The chariot was often used in war and is indicative of a battle ready people.
  • 400 B.C. Migration to Britain and Ireland began about 400 B.C. The celts imposed their language and customs on the native people of these areas. The culture was lost in Britain due to the advance of the Roman Empire but the Gaelic Celts of Ireland remained.
  • 100 Establishment in Ireland. The Gaels of Ireland governed by kings, a druidic religion and the Ogham writing and law system.
  • 500 Dalriada-from Ireland to Scotland. Three princes of Dalriada extended their father's kingdom to north Scotland. From there the Gaelic culture spread south as indicated by all the Gaelic place names in Scotland.
  • 638 Anglo Saxons establish capital in Edinburgh.
  • 1018 Scots annexed lands north of the Tweed. Under the Normans, Latin orders replaced Celtic monks and Roman and Feudal law replaced the law of the Gaels.
  • 1150 The Somhairle Mor rebelled against the Normans and by
  • 1437 Gaelic arts and law flourished in the Highlands and west islands of Scotland.
  • 1746 Battle of Culloden and fall of Lordships marked the beginning of the decline of the Scottish Highlanders in Scotland. The beginning of the Highland Clearances and emigration to Cape Breton (among other places).
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