The Druids
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
The Druids
By (Author) Nora Chadwick
Introduction by Anne Ross
Revised by Anne Ross
University of Wales Press
University of Wales Press
6th November 1997
United Kingdom
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
European history: medieval period, middle ages
Ancient history
299.16
Physical Properties
Hardback
152
Width 138mm, Height 216mm
Description
There can be no doubt that the druids were the most enlightened and civilising spiritual influence in prehistoric Europe, as one of the three intellectual classes of the early Celtic peoples. However, neither their knowledge nor their teaching were committed to writing so that in the course of centuries their prestige declined before the general spread of Mediterranean culture. Accordingly most of our information is derived from late and hostile sources. This book is an attempt to classify the evidence afresh and to place the druids in their historical setting. This classic study by one of the great names of Celtic scholarship, is re-issued with a new introduction by Dr Anne Ross, and a map of the main druidic sites in Continental Europe and the British Isles is included.
Author Bio
Anne Ross was formerly Research Fellow at the School of Scottish Studies in Edinburgh and Research Fellow in Archaeology at the University of Southampton. Nora Kershaw Chadwick CBE FSA FBA (28 January 1891 - 24 April 1972) was an English medievalist.
