PAGAN BRITAIN (PB)

With its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artefacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, Britain's pagan past is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this ambitious book, Ronald Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression, and enduring cultural significance of paganism, from the Palaeolithic era to the coming of Christianity. He draws on an array of recently discovered evidence and shows how new findings have radically transformed understandings of belief and ritual in Britain before the arrival of organized religion.