HIST 2260 Lecture Notes - Scottish Reformation, List Of Scottish Monarchs, Scottish English
18 Oct 2013
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The british isles were, prior to the 1st century a. d. , mostly celtic. I say mostly, because another tribal group called the picts dominated what is now scotland. The celts, prior to the roman conquest of the island of great britain, dominated what is now england and wales, and the island of ireland. The celts of ireland were later to invade and dominate scotland. In this unit we are looking at the celtic religious culture of scotland and wales. There are similarities and differences between these two places. The peoples spoke two different dialects of celtic language, but shared broad cultural similarities. They were cultures of wild lands hunting, fishing and some agriculture. Neither wales nor scotland the far west and the far north respectively of the island were well-suited to agriculture. They were not, therefore, places suited to towns or cities until much later in history. This economic reality produced similar styles of religion.
