Ronald Hutton

Gebundenes Buch

Queens of the Wild

Pagan Goddesses in Christian Europe: An Investigation

Beschreibung

In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the fairy queen, and the Green Man all came to be?and how they changed over the centuries.

Autor

Ronald Hutton is professor of history at Bristol University and a leading authority on the British Isles in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, on ancient and medieval paganism and magic, and on the global context of witchcraft beliefs. He is the author of seventeen books.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Yale University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 162mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780300261011
• ISBN-10: 0300261012
• Artikelnr.: 62608110