The Celts: The Mysterious Dark Age Masters Of Europe | Lost Treasures | Chronicle

The Celts were an ancient civilization that first mastered iron and dominated Northwest Europe.
The Celts lacked a sense of national identity and lived a semi-nomadic lifestyle, leaving behind simple homesteads. Despite being illiterate in their own languages, the Celts survived into modern times, with their languages persisting in Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and Brittany. Often portrayed as barbarians, the Celts were organized, sophisticated, and technologically advanced, known for their courage in war, flamboyant style, and lack of interest in building empires.

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[pjtrant]

they always show Celts with red hair when in fact most celts do not have red hair. Dark hair is more prevalent.

[wolfiethedog]

This program makes me feel closer to me Irish, Scottish and Welsh roots.

[charlesbarnett]

I'm half welsh and live on the English/Wales boarder as my historic families have done for hundreds of years.
So the more I learn about this whole period of history stretching from pre Romana right up into the early modern, the more fascinated I am by the degrees of movement of people and things.
Thank you for this video. Very interesting.

[ivoneray]

For some reason I am fascinated by the history of the Celts since my college years. Thanks for this upload ☺️!

[julierobertson]

My family is a mix of Scots and German (Celtic and Teutonic). I have been fascinated by Celtic culture since an aunt was able to trace the Scots side to the mid 900's, primarily by inheritance records, both oral and written. Rome so thoroughly distorted our view of them its hard to winnow out the truth. You did a stellar job with this video. Thank you.

[nerfherder]

The Celts were a culture of separate tribes or clans that inhabited most of Northern Europe. There were "Germanic" Celts and "Norman" Celts and Celts from N Spain. Making them out to be British was a missed opportunity to highlight how vast their culture really was. They were crushed by Julias Caesar and he documented it all. The leftovers got pushed up into the British Isles, possibly displacing other peoples or mixing with them. They men bleached their hair with lime water and shaved their beards except for above the lip, this is pretty well documented.

[ProgNosis_JD]

Very interesting. What the programme, and many like them, often miss is the legacy of the Celts in Brittany, north-west Spain and northern Portugal where there is a very rich Celtic ancestry and culture. Who knew that? I would haved enjoyed this more seeing something of the Celtic history in these regions of Celtic influence, rather than this being so UK-centric.

[HeiderosesPhotograph]

I have seen some of their wonderful jewelry pieces in Stuttgart, Germany. The name of the museum is Das alte Schloss am Schlossplatz. Many churches were built over the sacred places of the druids. So was Notre Dame in Paris, France.

[jesmcalli]

I took an extra curricular college course while in high school on Celtic Mythology, and have always been fascinated with the Celts.

[alastairstaunton]

Excellent production and narration. As an Irish Celt, I can clarify that the festivals are pronounced Bee-owl-tana (Bealtaine/Beltane), Sow-inn (Samhain, rhymes with now-in), and Loo-nasa (Lughnasa/Lammas)

[JoaoRodrigues-imww]

34'37" - "Fíbula de Bragança " found on Northen Portugal where are hundreds of hillforts with round houses and jewelry with celtic art.

[LisaEssler]

How could the Celts borrow the dragon motif from the Vikings? The Celts were at their height culturally long before the Vikings came around.
Isn't it more likely that the dragon motif is an ancient symbol, and the Celts used this symbol because it was already a part of their culture.

[hardywatkins]

Wikitongues is a very interesting youtube channel where you will get to hear many northwest European languages being spoken, such as Cornish, Manx, Shetlandic, Gaelic, Icelandic - and all the rest. There's also that guy Simon Roper who speaks Old English but he's often talking to people who speak other tongues and dialects ... like a guy in France speaking Gaulic for instance which was particularly interesting for me. I didn't know Gaulic was a thing.

[glfaulkner]

I love how close the opening lines are to “In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history”

[noelryan]

RE: the role of women in Celtic Society: In the Iron Age there was a famous Military Academy on the Isle of Skye between Scotland & Ireland run by a woman named 'Scáthach' (sounds like Skaw Hawk), from whom the island derives its name, that attracted students from far and wide!

[johnhayes]

I am a Celtic person, and speak the old northern dialect of Gaelic. Our thought processes and world view, and our values are distinct from other European peoples, There are other subtle nuances, too. Ask a person whom you believe to be Celtic to hold their hand vertically, and flex their fingers individually, then in groups of two, three, four. A Celt will be able to bend at least three fingers individually to the palm, plus the thumb. They'll be able to also flex fingers in any number of up to four at a time in unison. History and our custom of exogamy being as they have been, not all have only Celtic ancestry, nor entirely Celtic influences and customs, but they have the language of their fathers and mothers. It is our way. Thank you for once again telling our story, keeping the spark alive.

[randomvintagefilm]

I came here because my ancient DNA test showed me closely related to the Celts, Gaels, Celtic Britons and Danish Vikings. They matched me to some of the ancients bones that have been found. Such a cool site!

[Meladjusted]

I wish History Hit would list the full title and production date of the documentaries.

[Dominic-mmyf]

Celtic folk did have a written language called Ogham and they dominated Europe from the late Bronze Age to early Roman times.They originated side by side with early Latins and their languages have close connections.

[dragonofhatefulretribution]

For those who want to learn about the most important aspects of the Celtic peoples and their lost civilisation, read the book “Not In His Image” by John Lamb Lash. It’s a must-read for everyone, really, but especially the Celtic people themselves..