Druids
A Very Short Introduction
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9780199539406
Publication date:
31/07/2014
Paperback
160 pages
174x111mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780199539406
Publication date:
31/07/2014
Paperback
160 pages
Part of Very Short Introductions
Barry Cunliffe
Examines the origins of the Druids and the evidence for their beliefs and practices, in particular asking what can and can't be known about them,Explains how the nature of the Druid caste changed quite dramatically over time,Considers current revivals of Druidism and analyzes different attitudes towards them,Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over three million copies sold worldwide
Rights: OUP UK (INDIAN TERRITORY)
Barry Cunliffe
Description
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 elusively through history. They are enigmatic and puzzling, partly because of the lack of knowledge about them has resulted in a wide spectrum of interpretations.
Barry Cunliffe takes the reader through the evidence relating to the Druids, trying to decide what can be said and what can't be said about them. He examines why
the nature of the druid caste changed quite dramatically over time, and how successive generations have interpreted the phenomenon in very different ways.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology, University of OxfordBarry Cunliffe
Table of contents
1:The Druids in time and space
2:The European theatre
3:The archaeology of religious practice at the time of the Druids
4:Enter the Druids: the first contacts
5:Altars steeped in human blood
6:Twilight in the far west
7:Renaissance and rediscovery
8:Romanticism and the rise of nationalism
9:Neo-druids and the neo-pagans
10:So, who were the Druids?
Further reading
Barry Cunliffe
Description
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 elusively through history. They are enigmatic and puzzling, partly because of the lack of knowledge about them has resulted in a wide spectrum of interpretations.
Barry Cunliffe takes the reader through the evidence relating to the Druids, trying to decide what can be said and what can't be said about them. He examines why
the nature of the druid caste changed quite dramatically over time, and how successive generations have interpreted the phenomenon in very different ways.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Barry Cunliffe, Emeritus Professor of European Archaeology, University of OxfordTable of contents
1:The Druids in time and space
2:The European theatre
3:The archaeology of religious practice at the time of the Druids
4:Enter the Druids: the first contacts
5:Altars steeped in human blood
6:Twilight in the far west
7:Renaissance and rediscovery
8:Romanticism and the rise of nationalism
9:Neo-druids and the neo-pagans
10:So, who were the Druids?
Further reading
Jon Balserak
Peter Mandaville
Brian Cummings
John Riches
John G. Stackhouse Jr.
Eleanor Nesbitt
Andrew Copson
Nile Green
Saswati Sengupta
Damien Keown
