| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
New approaches to Celtic religion and mythology
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New approaches to Celtic religion and mythology.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE: THE UNTOUCHED CAVE -- Chapter One: TIME AND SPACE: CONTEXTUALIZING DRUIDS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD -- Chapter Two: BARBARIANS AND WISE MEN: RETHINKING CLASSICAL TEXTS -- Chapter Three: SPIRITUAL SPACES: RITES AND BELIEFS IN IRON AGE BRITAIN AND GAUL -- Chapter Four: IMAGES AND SYMBOLS: SACRED ART AND THE DRUIDS -- Chapter Five: WELSH CONNECTIONS: SPOTLIGHT ON DRUIDIC WALES -- Chapter Six: A HOLY WAR: BOUDICA AND THE DRUIDS AGAINST ROME |
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Chapter Seven: FROM RUNES TO SPOONS: DIVINING THE DIVINE -- Chapter Eight: DRUIDS AND DEITIES: CHANGING SPIRITS IN ROMAN GAUL AND BRITAIN -- Chapter Nine: IDEAS OF AFTERLIFE: DEATH, BURIAL AND REINCARNATION -- EPILOGUE: THE UNTOUCHED CAVE REVISITED -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
This book presents a new exploration of an ancient European Druids, people who could foretell the will of the gods and who left revealing archaeological evidence of their rites and beliefs. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Druids and druidism.
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Europe -- Antiquities, Celtic.
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excavation (process) |
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Celtic antiquities |
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Druids and druidism |
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Europe https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxCxPbbk4CPJDQJb4r6rq |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Aldhouse-Green, Miranda. Rethinking the Ancient Druids. Cardiff : University of Wales Press, ©2021 |
| ISBN |
1786837986 (electronic bk.) |
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9781786837981 (electronic bk.) |
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9781786837998 (ePub ebook) |
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1786837994 |
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9781786837974 (pbk.) |
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