Religion in Britain From the Megaliths to Arthur : An Archaeological and Mythological Exploration
Religion in Britain From the Megaliths to Arthur :
An Archaeological and Mythological Exploration
by Robin Melrose
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1476663602 | 284 Pages | PDF | 146 MB
An Archaeological and Mythological Exploration
by Robin Melrose
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1476663602 | 284 Pages | PDF | 146 MB
The Druids and the Arthurian legends are all most of us know about early Britain, from the Neolithic to the Iron Age (4500 BC-AD 43). Drawing on archaeological discoveries and medieval Welsh texts like the Mabinogion, this book explores the religious beliefs of the ancient Britons before the coming of Christianity, beginning with the megaliths - structures like Stonehenge - and the role they played in prehistoric astronomy.
Topics include the mysterious Beaker people of the Early Bronze Age, Iron Age evidence of the Druids, the Roman period and the Dark Ages. The author discusses the myths of King Arthur and what they tell us about paganism, as well as what early churches and monasteries reveal about the enigmatic Druids.
Robin Melrose, a retired senior lecturer in English and linguistics at the University of Portsmouth in England, lives in the UK.