I wish I had my library unpacked and did not work so much. In response to FallenAngel, There is much about the Celts that we don't know. They did inhabit much of Europe. Not only Ireland and Scotland, but France, Belguim, Spain and more. As for the way they lived, it is sparse, You have to remember that Christianity won the war for the soul of Europe and burned contradictory books. The various kings supported it because Christianity and monogamy were good for society. Celts left no great libraries that we have to research in.
I have looked for and read as much as I can and have what I believe are pieces of their life. When you live in mostly remote farms and small villages, rely on a close knit community, often inter-related. Customs as taking your brother's widow as your wife (as did the Israelites) to impregnating the widow that had no male heirs for your brother.
It was about survival and the family. Church and state can not have the family being strong. Strength was in family not country. KIngs did not like that. If the Scottish Clans had unified, England would be eating Haggis too.
I have looked for and read as much as I can and have what I believe are pieces of their life. When you live in mostly remote farms and small villages, rely on a close knit community, often inter-related. Customs as taking your brother's widow as your wife (as did the Israelites) to impregnating the widow that had no male heirs for your brother.
It was about survival and the family. Church and state can not have the family being strong. Strength was in family not country. KIngs did not like that. If the Scottish Clans had unified, England would be eating Haggis too.