Caesar's Druids: An Ancient Priesthood - Hardcover

Aldhouse-Green, Miranda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300124422 ISBN 13: 9780300124422

Verlag: Yale University Press, 2010

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Book by AldhouseGreen Miranda

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"'With Caesar's Druids, Miranda Aldhouse-Green supersedes every other volume on this elusive and nettlesome subject' James MacKillop, author of Dictionary of Celtic Mythology"

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Ancient chroniclers, including Julius Caesar himself, made the Druids and their sacred rituals infamous throughout the Western world. But in fact, as Miranda Aldhouse-Green shows in this fascinating book, the Druids' day-to-day lives were far less lurid and much more significant. Exploring the various roles that Druids played in British and Gallic society during the first centuries B.C. and A.D.-not just as priests but as judges, healers, scientists, and power brokers-Aldhouse-Green argues that they were a highly complex, intellectual, and sophisticated group whose influence transcended religion and reached into the realms of secular power and politics. With deep analysis, fresh interpretations, and critical discussions, she gives the Druids a voice that resonates in our own time.

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• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0300124422
• ISBN 13: 9780300124422
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352