Druids : a very short introduction

Summary:

In this Very Short Introduction, one of the leading authorities on British archaeology, Barry Cunliffe, takes the reader on a fast-paced look at the ever-fascinating story of the Druids, as seen in the context of the times and places in which they practiced. Sifting through the evidence, Cunliffe offers an expert's best guess as to what can be said and what can't be said about the Druids, discussing the origins of the Druids and the evidence for their beliefs and practices, why the nature of the druid caste changed quite dramatically over time, and how successive generations have seen them in very different ways.-book jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9780199539406
ISBN: 0199539405
Physical Description: xiv, 145 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-139) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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?