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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nyaricus" data-source="post: 3953772" data-attributes="member: 35678">Well, from what I know about the Celts...There was a warrior aristocracy which was at the top of the pack in society, then there were the three classes of priesthood (Druids, Bards and Vates) and then everyone else. Most governments were in the form of Kingdoms, and the Kingship was likely hereditary. Religion was polytheistic, and the way the priesthood worked out was the the Druids kinda looked after everything, while the Bards spread the great cycles of myth, and the Vates (prophets) kinda made sure nothing was messed up and the gods were appeased.Women in many cases were just as respected as men, and many participated in battle alongside men. They could hold Kingship.So, if you're specifically looking at the Insular Celts (those on the isles of Great Britain) then you'd likely have a society who repelled the advances of the Romans in the early days. "Arthur" might have been a legendary Celtic warrior who led the greatest of these battles, and was the first appointed king, and who all other subsequent kings claim they descended from <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> From there, they also repelled the Angles and the Saxons and the Vikings and all their buddies in the 9th and 10th centuries. While the Crusades began in Western Europe, the Celtic peoples of Celtica ("Great Britain") were still firm in their polytheism, and held these traditions above all others, and thus would have held themselves above those "silly Christians" who went halfway across the world to their holy land, only to be rebuked.Backing up, we see that the Celts are quite the isolationist culture. They repel any attempts at conversion, and thus draw the ire of the Christian Church. The repel any would-be invaders, and thus hold themselves highly as warriors.Their Bards would have kept up a fantastic oral tradition throughout the absence of the Roman Empire and its many scribes, and thus they might have had high call in other countries, and thus the celts are highly respected for these orators. It might also inspire several other orders.IRL, The first university was Oxford in Oxford England, but as early as 849 there was a university as such in Istanbul/Constantinople. Thus, these Celtic Bards might've formed a university in Celtica as early as 950 or so. From there, you might have Celtica as a center of higher learning and a source of ancient Latin literature which pilgrims and travelling scholars might come to see from all over the known world, although this would likely draw the ire of the now humongous Christian Church. You might even have it that some Crusades made their aim the conversion of the Celts, and thus they are now a Christian society, as opposed to polytheistic.Another thing would be that Celtica would be much more liberate then other folk in the middle ages, as women are held to be the equals of men. This might mean that close Western European countries might be influenced to become more liberal at earlier stages as well, since this changes the worldveiw of most Middle Ages folk.Ah, now cometh the Middle Ages. Italy rediscovered the process for the creation of gold coins, and this practice is largely resurrected. The printing press is also created, and knowledge truely begins to spread. Bards might come to see this new invention, and create diagrams with the intention of re-creating it and bringing it home. Scotland had one of the first public education systems in Western Europe IRL, and this would only speed the process. While in 1633 Scotland began its public education system, you might even be able to back that up by a hundred years or so, what with them already having universities for many years before that.I'm gettign quite tired for now, but there are some considerations which lead up to the pre-Reformation era of the 15th/16th or so century <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />cheers,--N</blockquote>

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