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Article: Why the Celts used to wear the trousers.(Features)
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2009
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Byline: BY PETER LEWIS
HISTORY THE CELTIC REVOLUTION BY SIMON YOUNG (Gibson Square [pounds sterling]14.99) AS I UNDERSTAND it, the word 'Celtic' equals 'legendary'. Nobody seems to agree on who the Celts were. Some doubt they ever existed. If they did, did they matter? According to this surprising new work by a historian of the Dark Ages, whose reputation is fast rising, they mattered very much -- as much as the Greeks and the Romans. For their legacy helped form the way in which more modern peoples like ourselves see the world.
For one thing, they wore trousers. This was practical, since they came from chilly Northern Europe, but wildly eccentric in the ...
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