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Druids : a very short introduction /

Who were the Druids? What do we know about them? Do they still exist today? The Druids first came into focus in Western Europe - Gaul, Britain, and Ireland - in the second century BC. They are a popular subject; they have been known and discussed for over 2,000 years and few figures flit so elusivel...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cunliffe, Barry W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Colección:Very short introductions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Druids in time and space
  • The European theatre
  • The archaeology of religious practice at the time of the Druids
  • Enter the Druids: the first contacts
  • Altars steeped in human blood
  • Twilight in the far west
  • Renaissance and rediscovery
  • Romanticism and the rise of nationalism
  • Neodruids and the neopagans
  • So, who were the Druids?