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The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles

Their Nature and Legacy

by Ronald Hutton

A rigorous survey of what can and cannot be known about pre-Christian religion in Britain and Ireland, from the Palaeolithic to the conversion period. Hutton weighs archaeological, literary and folkloric evidence with characteristic caution, and considers how later ages reimagined ancient paganism. Important for modern Pagans and historians alike as a sober account of the evidence behind many popular claims.

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