Exploring the World of the Druids - Softcover

Aldhouse-Green, Miranda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500285713 ISBN 13: 9780500285718

Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2005

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"Copiously illustrated well written, thoughtful, and thought-provoking."Library JournalIn this authoritative account, Miranda Green unravels the truth about the Druids. Examining the archaeological evidence, Classical commentaries, and early Welsh and Irish myths, she shows that the Druids were fully integrated into Celtic society and fulfilled varied and necessary roles. The Roman writers reflected the double standards of an invading society: condemning the public sacrifice of enemies by the Druids while accepting their own practice of slaughter for sport as civilized. Yet the Classical sources can be used to help reveal the real Druids, and we learn of their multiple roles as judges, teachers, healers, magicians, philosophers, religious leaders, and fomenters of rebellion.This book traces the history of the Druids from their beginnings to their resurrection during the Renaissance. Complete with timeline and gazetteer, the book will appeal to all thosescholar, general reader, or New Age enthusiastwho are fascinated by the Druids and their world. 291 illustrations, 51 in color.

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Miranda Aldhouse-Green is Professor Emeritus at Cardiff University. She is the author of The Celtic Myths, Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend, Exploring the World of the Druids and, with Stephen Aldhouse-Green, The Quest for the Shaman.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0500285713
• ISBN 13: 9780500285718
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192
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