Ronald Hutton (University of Bristol)

Broschiertes Buch

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles

Their Nature and Legacy

Beschreibung

This is the first survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity, one of the least familiar periods in Britaina s history. Ronald Hutton draws upon a wealth of new data, much of it archaeological, that has transformed interpretation over the past decade.

Autor

Ronald Hutton was educated at Cambridge and then at Oxford, where he held a fellowship at Magdalen College. In 1981, he moved to the University of Bristol, where he is now Reader in British History. He is a historian of wide interests ranging from political affairs and popular culture to topics covering the whole of the British Isles. This is his fifth book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Repr.
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780631189466
• ISBN-10: 0631189467
• Artikelnr.: 13643496

Rezensionen

"An excellent, up-to-date compendium of British pagan religions based primarily upon recent archaeological findings. Hutton has contributed a well documented resource which has popular interest." Library Journal
"Brilliant ... Hutton s book gives us by far the best, most level-headed overview of this fascinating but contentious subject." Times Literary Supplement