Religion in Britain from the Megaliths to ...

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The Druids and the Arthurian legends are all most of us know about early Britain, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age (4500 BC-AD 43). Drawing on archaeological discoveries and medieval Welsh texts like the Mabinogion, this book explores the religious beliefs of the ancient Britons before the coming of Christianity, beginning with the megaliths--structures like Stonehenge--and the role they played in prehistoric astronomy.
Topics include the mysterious Beaker people of the Early Bronze Age, Iron Age evidence of the Druids, the Roman period and the Dark Ages. The author discusses the myths of King Arthur and what they tell us about paganism, as well as what early churches and monasteries reveal about the enigmatic Druids.

Über den Autor

Robin Melrose is a retired senior lecturer in English and linguistics at England's University of Portsmouth. He lives on the Isle of Wight in southern England.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface: Routes to the Past

Introduction: Celts, Druids and the Age of Arthur

1: The Age of Megaliths (1): Stone Monuments and Neolithic Astronomy

2: The Age of Megaliths (2): Rich Burials and More Astronomy in the

Early Bronze Age

3: The Age of Depositions (1): Water, Fire and Earth in the Late Bronze Age

4: The Age of Depositions (2): The Sky God and Iron Age Hillforts

5: The Age of Depositions (3): Chariot Burials, Lunar Eclipses and Wooden Buckets in the Later Iron Age

6: The Romans in Britain: Roman Gods and British Gods, Roman Burials and Decapitated Burials

7: The Beginnings of the Age of Arthur: Arthur the Bear-Man

8: Arthur in the Underworld

9: Arthur the Witch-Slayer, Warrior and King

10: Arthur and the Early Medieval World: Holy Islands and the Arthurian Cycle in Cornwall

11: Druids and the Early Medieval World: the Bear-Druid of Welsh Mythology

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Importe , Religion & Theologie
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781476663609
ISBN-10:	1476663602
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Melrose, Robin
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	254 x 178 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Robin Melrose
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.02.2016
Gewicht:	0,54 kg