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Focusing on the period c.350-1200, during which time the Celtic world was Christianised, Lloyd Laing here returns to the ongoing debates surrounding Celtic art, and provides a useful overview of the various external influences on its style, techniques and iconography. Other traditions discussed include Classical, Frankish, Byzantine and Near Eastern, and Laing shows how they were each incorporated into the characteristic geometric work of the Celts. He also looks at the ways in which secular and ecclesiastical rulers used and developed art to reinforce their power and identity.