Rethinking the ancient druids : an archaeological perspective /
Miranda Aldhouse-Green.
- 1 online resource : illustrations
- New approaches to Celtic religion and mythology .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- PROLOGUE: THE UNTOUCHED CAVE -- Chapter One: TIME AND SPACE: CONTEXTUALIZING DRUIDS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD -- Chapter Two: BARBARIANS AND WISE MEN: RETHINKING CLASSICAL TEXTS -- Chapter Three: SPIRITUAL SPACES: RITES AND BELIEFS IN IRON AGE BRITAIN AND GAUL -- Chapter Four: IMAGES AND SYMBOLS: SACRED ART AND THE DRUIDS -- Chapter Five: WELSH CONNECTIONS: SPOTLIGHT ON DRUIDIC WALES -- Chapter Six: A HOLY WAR: BOUDICA AND THE DRUIDS AGAINST ROME Chapter Seven: FROM RUNES TO SPOONS: DIVINING THE DIVINE -- Chapter Eight: DRUIDS AND DEITIES: CHANGING SPIRITS IN ROMAN GAUL AND BRITAIN -- Chapter Nine: IDEAS OF AFTERLIFE: DEATH, BURIAL AND REINCARNATION -- EPILOGUE: THE UNTOUCHED CAVE REVISITED -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Back Cover
This book presents a new exploration of an ancient European Druids, people who could foretell the will of the gods and who left revealing archaeological evidence of their rites and beliefs.