Women of the Celts by Jean Markale
One Of The Best Books On Celtic History And Gender Issues
Historian Markale explores the rich heritage of Celtic women in history,
myth, and ritual, showing how those traditions compare to modern
attitudes toward women.
Personal Review: Women of the Celts by Jean Markale
In his study, Jean Markale did not give us here the usual accepted history,
which makes the past suitable to our present by representing it in the male
dominated perspective of our society, nor in the light of a judeo-christian
ideology. The ancient Celtic culture is one of the few "natural" societies in
which women and men had balanced statuses. Like in the ancient
Sarmatian culture, Celtic women could be warriors,chieftains even, as so
many tombs of both societies revealed. The ancient Goddess, the female
Divine, was gradually pushed aside by the male gods, and eventually
eliminated with the spread of the foreign christian religion. Yet, even in the
medieval times, reminiscence of the women as they were in ancient times,
are to be found in folk lores, in literature [think of the role of the women in
the Arthurian cycle], and in paintings.

It's on this highly interesting journey that Jean Markale's book will take you.
Be ready to walk off the beaten path. Be ready to meet the different and
the radical "other", and to read this book that, unlike so many others, never
gives in to ethnocentrism nor "gender centrism" for that matter (Jean
Markale is a male scholar). You will learn about the women of the Celts,
and whehther man or woman, you may learn a little bit more about who
you are... or are not. [Note: I read the book in its original French version.}
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