The Druids and King Arthur: A New View of Early Britain - Couverture souple

Melrose, Robin

 
9780786458905: The Druids and King Arthur: A New View of Early Britain
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786458909 ISBN 13 : 9780786458905
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2010

Synopsis

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 B.C., 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 legends surrounding the founding of Britain, the cult of the Thracian Horseman, the oracle of Dodona, popular Arthurian mythology, and the basic principles of prehistoric astronomy.

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À propos de l'auteur

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.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786458909
ISBN 13 
9780786458905
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
220
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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