Among the cultural traditions of the Celts were the language which they spoke, distinctive artistic styles of metalwork and of course slavery. That slavery was an important part of Celtic life is shown by the fact that long after the rest of Europe had abandoned slavery, it lingered on, along with the Celtic language, in that part of Europe which became known as the Celtic Fringe, which consisted essentially of Ireland, Wales, western Scotland and Cornwall. Slavery still flourished in those places in the Middle Ages and it took the Norman Conquest to put an end to it. As with other nations and
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