Druids: a Very Short Introduction

Name: Druids: a Very Short Introduction
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ISBN: 9780199539406

ISBN-10: 0199539405

ISBN-13: 9780199539406

Edition: 2010

Authors: Barry Cunliffe

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Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in the second century BC. They are a popular subject; they have been known and discussed for over 2,000 years and few figures flit so elusively through history. They are enigmatic and puzzling, partly because of the lack of knowledge about them has resulted in a wide spectrum of interpretations. Barry Cunliffe takes the reader through the evidence relating to the Druids, trying to decide what can be said and what can't be said about them. He examines why the nature of the druid caste changed quite dramatically over time, and how…

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List price: $8.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 5/27/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 4.37" wide x 6.77" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Barry Cunliffe is Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford. The author of over 40 books, including The Ancient Celts, published by Oxford University Press, he has served as President of the Council for British Archaeology and the Society of Antiquaries, and is currently a member of the Ancient Monuments Board of English Heritage.




The Druids in time and space



The European theatre



The archaeology of religious practice at the time of the Druids



Enter the Druids: the first contacts



Altars steeped in human blood



Twilight in the far west



Renaissance and rediscovery



Romanticism and the rise of nationalism



Neo-druids and the neo-pagans



So, who were the Druids?


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