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Blood and Mistletoe - The History of the Druids in Britain (Paperback)
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Blood and Mistletoe - The History of the Druids in Britain (Paperback)
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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 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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