Caesar's Druids : story of an ancient priesthood / Miranda Aldhouse-Green.
"Ancient chroniclers, including Julius Caesar himself, made the Druids and their sacred rituals infamous throughout the Western world. But in fact, as Miranda Aldhouse-Green shows in this book, the Druids' day-to-day lives were far less lurid and much more significant." "While no...
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[2010]
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Table of Contents:
- The moon and the mistletoe : in search of ancient Druids
- Noble savages and barbarous enemies
- Priests and power
- Blood, thunder and precious gifts : the Druids and sacrifice
- Druids, oracles and shamans
- The time lords : calendars, festivals and sacred knowledge
- Holy ground : sanctuaries and sacred landscapes
- The Druids' toolkit : regalia and ritual equipment
- Druids and doctrine : earth, spirit and underworld
- Images and tombs : Druids face to face?
- Gender matters : Druids, Druidesses and gender-crossers
- Druids underground : rebellion, resistance and revitalisation in the western Roman provinces
- Epilogue : Druid afterlife.