What do the historians write about these days?
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- Personally, the reason that I invested so much time, effort, and (yes) money to develop expertise into the Celtic People is simple. I see myself in them. For those not of direct Celtic descent, this reason is just as valid in studying other groups that you are a part of. Plus, let's be honest, Celtic descendants are so prevalent around the world, you have had (directly or indirectly) to deal with the Celts indirectly. The things that constrained individuals in Celtic Society are the SAME things which constrain us, today. The unwritten book idea that I have is a book about Caesar’s invasion of Briton from Gaul, vis a vis, the Cold war. Truthfully it will probably always be an unchecked item on the bucket list. However more generally, Celts were born, educated, fell in love, had sex, had families, had a business, enjoyed a good party, grasped for power, grasped for things that belonged to their neighbor, grasped for their neighbor's wife, got sick, lost loved ones, and died. What is old is new again. Same old - same old. Linear but circular.
- The Celts are us, well, a lot of us. You start with the Celts, add the Angles, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, and this group, and that group, and nowadays, every other group and what you are left with is a large part of the modern European based world This part of the world that started with the Celts. Yes, the Celts were wild and crazy, but if you want to see the journey, you have to start at the beginning.
- What do historians write about? Economic history, cultural history, military history, diplomatic history, political history, gender history, even the history of historians (reviewing the great historians of the past and what they added to the pursuit & shaping of history, itself), almost anything is fair game. It all about how things came to be, and the way they came to be that way.
Personally, the reason that I invested so much time, effort, and (yes) money to develop expertise into the Celtic People is simple. I see myself in them. For those not of direct Celtic descent, this reason is just as valid in studying other groups that you are a part of. Plus, let's be honest, Celtic descendants are so prevalent around the world, you have had (directly or indirectly) to deal with the Celts indirectly. The things that constrained individuals in Celtic Society are the SAME things which constrain us, today. The unwritten book idea that I have is a book about Caesar’s invasion of Briton from Gaul, vis a vis, the Cold war. Truthfully it will probably always be an unchecked item on the bucket list. However more generally, Celts were born, educated, fell in love, had sex, had families, had a business, enjoyed a good party, grasped for power, grasped for things that belonged to their neighbor, grasped for their neighbor's wife, got sick, lost loved ones, and died. What is old is new again. Same old - same old. Linear but circular.
The Celts are us, well, a lot of us. You start with the Celts, add the Angles, Saxons, Vikings, Normans, and this group, and that group, and nowadays, every other group and what you are left with is a large part of the modern European based world This part of the world that started with the Celts. Yes, the Celts were wild and crazy, but if you want to see the journey, you have to start at the beginning.
What do historians write about? Economic history, cultural history, military history, diplomatic history, political history, gender history, even the history of historians (reviewing the great historians of the past and what they added to the pursuit & shaping of history, itself), almost anything is fair game. It all about how things came to be, and the way they came to be that way.