The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles~1991~Ronald Hutton~First Edition~Very Good to Near Fine Condition~Free Shipping

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles~1991~Ronald Hutton~First Edition~Very Good to Near Fine Condition~Free Shipping.

This first edition book is in near fine condition. No markings or inscriptions. Clean pages. Tight binding. Appears unread. Would make a great gift! See photos.

“Ronald Edmund Hutton CBE FSA FRHistS FLSW FBA (born 19 December 1953) is an Indian-born English historian specialising in early modern Britain, British folklore, pre-Christian religion, and modern paganism. A professor at the University of Bristol, Hutton has written over a dozen books, and often appears on British television and radio. He held a fellowship at Magdalen College, Oxford, and is a Commissioner of English Heritage.

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy is a book of religious history and archaeology written by the English historian Ronald Hutton, first published by Blackwell in 1991. It was the first published synthesis of the entirety of pre-Christian religion in the British Isles, dealing with the subject during the Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman occupation and Anglo-Saxon period. It then proceeds to make a brief examination of their influence on folklore and contemporary Paganism.

In this work, Hutton attempted to "set out what is at present known about the religious beliefs and practices of the British Isles before their conversion to Christianity. The term 'pagan' is used as a convenient shorthand for those beliefs and practices, and is employed in the title merely to absolve the book from any need to discuss early Christianity itself."[4] The book contains chapters entitled The Mysteries Begin (c. 30,000 – c.5000 BC), The Time of Tombs (c. 5000 – c. 3200 BC), The Coming of the Circles (c. 3200 – c.2200 BC), Into the Darkness (c.2200 – c.1000 BC), The People of the Mist (c.1000 BC – c. AD 500), The Imperial Synthesis (AD 43 – 410) The Clash of Faiths (AD c.300 – c.1000), and Legacy of Shadows.“ - From Wikipedia

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