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The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles
Their Nature and Legacy
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See moreThis is the first survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity, one of the least familiar periods in Britaina s history. Ronald Hutton draws upon a wealth of new data, much of it archaeological, that has transformed interpretation over the past decade.
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This is the first survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity, one of the least familiar periods in Britain's history. The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles by Ronald Hutton draws upon a wealth of new data, much of it archaeological, that has transformed interpretation over the past decade.
Giving more or less equal weight to all periods, from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, he examines a fascinating range of evidence for Celtic and Romano-British paganism. The evidence includes burial sites, cairns, megaliths, and causeways, as well as carvings, figurines, jewellery, weapons, votive objects, literary texts, and folklore.
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Library Journal praises it as "an excellent, up-to-date compendium" based on recent archaeological research, while the Times Literary Supplement calls it "the best, most level-headed overview" of this complex subject.
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ISBN: 9780631189466
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 28 October 1993
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 154.0mm
Height: 230.0mm
Weight: 621g
Pages: 422
About the Author
Ronald Hutton was educated at Cambridge and then at Oxford, where he held a fellowship at Magdalen College. In 1981, he moved to the University of Bristol, where he is now Reader in British History. He is a historian of wide interests ranging from political affairs and popular culture to topics covering the whole of the British Isles. This is his fifth book.
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