num_pages: 352
description: 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 fascinating book the Druids day-to-day lives were far less lurid and much more significant. Exploring the various roles that Druids played in British and Gallic society during the first centuries B.C. and A.D.not just as priests but as judges healers scientists and power brokersAldhouse-Green argues that they were a highly complex intellectual and sophisticated group whose influence transcended religion and reached into the realms of secular power and politics. With deep analysis fresh interpretations and critical discussions she gives the Druids a voice that resonates in our own time.
language: English
title: Caesar's Druids: An Ancient Priesthood
publisher: Yale University Press