Caesar's Druids: An Ancient Priesthood
Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Ancient chroniclers, including Julius Caesar himself, made the Druids and their sacred rituals infamous throughout the Western world. But in fact, as Miranda Aldhouse-Green shows in this fascinating book, the Druids’ day-to-day lives were far less lurid and much more significant. Exploring the various roles that Druids played in British and Gallic society during the first centuries B.C. and A.D.—not just as priests but as judges, healers, scientists, and power brokers—Aldhouse-Green argues that they were a highly complex, intellectual, and sophisticated group whose influence transcended religion and reached into the realms of secular power and politics. With deep analysis, fresh interpretations, and critical discussions, she gives the Druids a voice that resonates in our own time.
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Year:
2010
Publisher:
Yale University Press
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0300124422
ISBN 13:
9780300124422
ISBN:
2009026499
File:
PDF, 2.03 MB
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english, 2010
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