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Book Cover for: The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy, Ronald Hutton

The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy

Ronald Hutton

This is the first survey of religious beliefs in the British Isles from the Stone Age to the coming of Christianity. Hutton draws upon a wealth of new data to reveal some important rethinking about Christianization and the decline of paganism.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
  • Publish Date: Dec 8th, 1993
  • Pages: 422
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.00in - 1.00in - 1.25lb
  • EAN: 9780631189466
  • Categories: Paganism & Neo-PaganismHistory

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About the Author

Ronald Hutton was educated at Cambridge and then at Oxford, where he held a fellowship at Magdalen College. In 1981, he moved to the University of Bristol, where he is now Reader in British History. He is a historian of wide interests ranging from political affairs and popular culture to topics covering the whole of the British Isles. This is his fifth book.

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Praise for this book

"An excellent, up-to-date compendium of British pagan religions based primarily upon recent archaeological findings. Hutton has contributed a well documented resource which has popular interest." Library Journal

"Brilliant ... Hutton's book gives us by far the best, most level-headed overview of this fascinating but contentious subject." Times Literary Supplement