Robin Melrose

The Druids and King Arthur

A New View of Early Britain

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An exploration into the beliefs and origins of the Druids, this book examines the role the Druids may have played in the story of King Arthur and the founding of Britain. It explains how the Druids originated in eastern Europe around 850 BC, bringing to early Britain a cult of an underworld deity, a belief in reincarnation, and a keen interest in astronomy. The work concludes that Arthur was originally a Druid cult figure and that the descendants of the Druids may have founded the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex. The research draws upon a number of sources, including medieval Welsh tales, the archaeology of Stonehenge's Salisbury Plain, the leg… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7864-5890-5
EAN: 9780786458905
Produktnummer: 6981625
Verlag: McFarland & Co Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Seitenangabe: 220 S.
Masse: H15.4 cm x B25.5 cm x D2.3 cm 298 g
Abbildungen: 11 illustrations, 14 maps
Gewicht: 298
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

A former senior lecturer in English and linguistics at the University of Portsmouth in England, Robin Melrose is currently retired. She resides in the UK.