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The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Ronald Hutton
Book Details
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Publish Date: Feb 1st, 2001
- Pages: 542
- Language: English
- Edition: Revised - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.60in - 5.10in - 1.30in - 1.05lb
- EAN: 9780192854483
- Categories: • Europe - Great Britain - General• Holidays (non religious)
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What people are saying
Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | professional indexer | Reader in the CofE | tutor for @OxfordConted | Twilight of the Godlings out now with CUP
@KingCrawa Steve Roud, The English Year; Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun
hic Rhodos, hic salta
@polyparadigm -> so great estates which had formerly engaged in a kind of distributive aid during winter found themselves swamped by wandering bands of homeless strangers who were literally starving; cf ronald hutton “the stations of the sun”, a very interesting book
Associate Professor, University of East Anglia. Editor, Penguin Book of the Prose Poem. Norwich is my New York. Weekly poetry newsletter: link in bio 💐
One of my Christmas traditions is to reread Ronald Hutton's magisterial chapter (in The Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain) on Christmas traditions: here, observing that laments for the 'true' spirit of the season are as old as the season as we know it https://t.co/8Z1i1qz0iM
Praise for this book
historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies
..".a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter
"This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review
historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies
,.".a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter
"This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review
, .."a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists,
historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies
, .."a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter
"This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review
.,."a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter
"This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review
."..a highly readable text that will serve the scholar and general reader alike to provide the first truly complete survey of the history of communal, seasonal rites and customs....In this engaging exploration his work will be useful to students of popular culture and literature, folklorists, historians, and even the old-fashioned enthusiast."--Journal of Ritual Studies
."..a breath of much-needed fresh air...a well-organized, methodical analysis..."--American Reporter
"This book, with its rich combination of history and folklore, is a valuable work of reference."--American Historical Review
What people are saying
Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | professional indexer | Reader in the CofE | tutor for @OxfordConted | Twilight of the Godlings out now with CUP
@KingCrawa Steve Roud, The English Year; Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun
hic Rhodos, hic salta
@polyparadigm -> so great estates which had formerly engaged in a kind of distributive aid during winter found themselves swamped by wandering bands of homeless strangers who were literally starving; cf ronald hutton “the stations of the sun”, a very interesting book