We meet M 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm in SC W211

WEEK 2 The Celts: History

M 30 Jan. Ancient Celts

• Read this: The New Edinburgh History of Scotland: From Caledonia to Pictland, chapters One and Two only. [Free through UMass]
• Watch this: BBC documentary, "The Celts," Episode 1 and Episode 2
• If you like, here are Episode 3, Episode 4, Episode 5, and Episode 6.
• If you like, Barry Cunliffe, "Who Were the Celts?"
• If you like, 3-part German documentary on the Celts. (Part 2, Part 3]

Handout #2: Sources for Celtic

W 1 Feb.Celtic Britain and Ireland

• Watch documentary on Celtic myths.
• The Old Irish Language, an overview. [Some examples here.] If you like, here's an introduction to Scottish Gaelic
• Browse OI "Conception of Cú Chulainn"
• Browse J. A. McCulloch, Celtic Mythology (Edinburgh, 1911), free through UMass. Also, Pocket Essentials: Celtic Myths, also free through UMass.
• Browse "St Broccan's Hymn to Brigid"

DUE FRIDAY: 300-word paper on Old Irish philology.

Latin:
St. Patrick's Letters.

Mills, "Classical Learning in Medieval Ireland." [UMass link]