TY  - GEN
T1  - Blood and mistletoe : the history of the Druids in Britain
A1  - Hutton, Ronald
LA  - English
PP  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
YR  - 2009
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn603926900
AB  - 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. Huttonʹs 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. -- Publisher description.
OP  - 491
CN  - BL910 .H88 2009
SN  - 9780300159790
SN  - 030015979X
SN  - 9786612352706
SN  - 6612352701
SN  - 9781282352704
SN  - 1282352709
SN  - 9780300144857
SN  - 0300144857
SN  - 9780300170856
SN  - 0300170858
KW  - Druids and druidism : History.
KW  - Great Britain : Religion.
KW  - Grande-Bretagne : Religion.
KW  - HISTORY : Europe : Great Britain : General.
KW  - Druids and druidism
KW  - Religion
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Druïden.
KW  - Godsdienst.
KW  - Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
KW  - dissertations.
KW  - History
KW  - Geschiedenis (vorm)
KW  - Academic theses.
KW  - Thèses et écrits académiques.
ER  -