The Ethnology of the British Islands

PRELIMINARY REMARKS.--PRESENT POPULATIONS OF THE BRITISH ISLES.--ROMANS, ETC.--PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD.--THE IRISH ELK.--HOW FAR CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH MAN.--STONE PERIOD.--MODES OF S...

VALUE OF THE EARLY BRITISH RECORDS.--TRUE AND GENUINE TRADITIONS RARE.--GILDAS.--BEDA.--NENNIUS.--ANNALES CAMBRENSES.--DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHRONICLES AND REGISTERS.--ANGLO-SAXON...

THE SAXONS--OF UPPER SAXONY--OF LOWER OR OLD SAXONY.-- NORDALBINGIANS.--SAXONS OF PTOLEMY.--PRESENT AND ANCIENT POPULATIONS OF SLESWICK-HOLSTEIN.--NORTH-FRISIANS.--PROBABLE ORIG...

THE SCANDINAVIANS.--FORMS IN -BY: THEIR IMPORT AND DISTRIBUTION.-- DANES OF LINCOLNSHIRE, ETC.; OF EAST ANGLIA; OF SCOTLAND; OF THE ISLE OF MAN; OF LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE; OF P...

As the previous chapter has shewn that a Saxon population, considered simply as such, and without reference to the particular fact of its date, locality, and similar important c...

THE ANGLES OF GERMANY: THEIR COMPARATIVE OBSCURITY.--NOTICE OF TACITUS.--EXTRACT FROM PTOLEMY.--CONDITIONS OF THE ANGLE AREA.--THE VARINI.--THE REUDIGNI AND OTHER POPULATIONS OF...

AUTHORITIES FOR THE EARLIEST HISTORICAL PERIOD.--HERODOTUS.-- ARISTOTLE.--POLYBIUS.--ONOMACRITUS.--DIODORUS SICULUS.--STRABO.-- FESTUS AVIENUS.--ULTIMATE SOURCES.--DAMNONII.--PH...

It is rare that the population of an island is without clear, definite, and not very distant affinities with that of the nearest part of the nearest continent. The Cingalese of...

The steady and continuous operation of Roman influences may be said to begin in the reign of Claudius, A.D. 43; the sceptre of Cynobelin having passed into the hands of his sons...

RECAPITULATIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.--PROPOSITIONS RESPECTING THE KELTIC CHARACTER OF THE ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS OF BRITAIN, ETC.--THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE ANCIENT BRITONS AND THE AN...

The present chapter will examine the extent to which certain Germanic populations mentioned by Beda and other writers as having taken part in the Anglo-Saxon invasions of Great...

ORIGIN OF THE GAELS.--DIFFICULTIES OF ITS INVESTIGATION.--NOT ELUCIDATED BY ANY RECORDS, NOR YET BY TRADITIONS.--ARGUMENTS FROM THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND GAELIC LAN...

The Picts have never been considered Romans; but, with that exception, a relationship with every population of the British Isles has been claimed for them. As Germans on the str...

PAGE Preliminary Remarks.--Present Populations of the British Isles.-- Romans, &c.--Pre-historic Period.--The Irish Elk.--How far Contemporaneous with Man.--Stone Period.--Modes...

The Scandinavians.--Forms in -by: their Import and Distribution.--Danes of Lincolnshire, &c.; of East Anglia; of Scotland; of the Isle of Man; of Lancashire and Cheshire; of Pem...

Origin of the Gaels.--Difficulties of its Investigation.--Not Elucidated by any Records, nor yet by Traditions.--Arguments from the Difference between the British and Gaelic Lan...

Recapitulations and Illustrations.--Propositions respecting the Keltic Character of the Original Occupants of Britain, &c.--The Relations between the Ancient Britons and the Anc...

The Angles of Germany: their comparative obscurity.--Notice of Tacitus.--Extract from Ptolemy.--Conditions of the Angle Area.-- The Varini.--The Reudigni and other Populations o...

Value of the Early British Records.--True and Genuine Traditions Rare.--Gildas.--Beda.--Nennius.--Annales Cambrenses.--Difference between Chronicles and Registers.--Anglo-Saxon...

Authorities for the Earliest Historical Period.--Herodotus.-- Aristotle.--Polybius.--Onomacritus.--Diodorus Siculus.--Strabo.-- Festus Avienus.--Ultimate sources.--Damnonii.--Ph...

The Saxons--of Upper Saxony--of Lower, or Old Saxony.-- Nordalbingians.--Saxons of Ptolemy.--Present and Ancient Populations of Sleswick-Holstein.--North-Frisians.--Probable Ori...