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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