Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain

by Ronald Hutton

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Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations have been free to reimagine, reinterpret, and reinvent the Druids. Hutton's captivating book is the first to encompass two thousand years of Druid history and to explore the evolution of English, Scottish, and Welsh attitudes toward the forever ambiguous figures of the ancient Celtic world.Druids have been remembered at different times as patriots, scientists, philosophers, or priests; sometimes portrayed as corrupt, bloodthirsty, or ignorant, they were also seen as...Read more
  • ISBN10 0300144857
  • ISBN13 9780300144857
  • Publish Date 1 May 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 15 November 2010
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Yale University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 450
  • Language English