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Blood and Mistletoe

The History of the Druids in Britain

By Ronald Hutton

Hardcover | 9780300144857

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Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton’s captivating book is the fContinue

Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton’s captivating book is the first to encompass two thousand years of Druid history and to explore the evolution of English, Scottish, and Welsh attitudes toward the forever ambiguous figures of the ancient Celtic world.

Druids have been remembered at different times as patriots, scientists, philosophers, or priests; sometimes portrayed as corrupt, bloodthirsty, or ignorant, they were also seen as fomenters of rebellion. Hutton charts how the Druids have been written in and out of history, archaeology, and the public consciousness for some 500 years, with particular focus on the romantic period, when Druids completely dominated notions of British prehistory. Sparkling with legends and images, filled with new perspectives on ancient and modern times, this book is a fascinating cultural study of Druids as catalysts in British history.

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  • Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain By Ronald Hutton: review

    The mistletoe in the title of this book does not come as a surprise: most people, asked to say what they associate with the idea of Druids, might come up with it sooner or later, along with oak trees, flowing white robes, eisteddfods and, possibly, c ... (read full critics)

    telegraph.co.uk published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

  • Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain By Ronald Hutton: review

    The mistletoe in the title of this book does not come as a surprise: most people, asked to say what they associate with the idea of Druids, might come up with it sooner or later, along with oak trees, flowing white robes, eisteddfods and, possibly, c ... (read full critics)

    telegraph.co.uk published on Tue, 14 Sep 2010

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Book Details

  • English Books
  • Hardcover 492 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0300144857
  • ISBN-13: 9780300144857
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Pub date: May 04, 2009
  • Also available as: Others
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