The Decline of the Celtic Languages

by Victor Edward Durkacz

Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Call number

PB1015.D87

Tags

Celtic languages, Gaelic, Q-Celtic, P-Celtic, Celtic history, HISTORY

Genres

Publication

John Donald Publishers Ltd (1997), Paperback, 272 pages

Description

This study of linguistic and cultural conflict in Wales, Scotland and Ireland shows how their forms of Gaelic retreated before the advance of the English language in the British Isles from the Reformation to the 20th century.

Language

English

ISBN

0859764281 / 9780859764285

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Physical description

272 p.; 9.06 inches

Pages

272

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