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Finding Britain’s Lost Gods

Professor Ronald Hutton · Gresham College

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About

Britain has one of the richest of all pagan heritages in Europe, defined as the textual and material evidence for its pre-Christian religions. The island is possessed of monuments, burial sites and a range of other remains not only from several distinct ages of prehistory, but also from three different major historic cultures. This lecture will look at what we know of prehistoric worship, focusing on Stonehenge and the bog body known as Lindow Man, to examine the difficulties of interpreting evidence for ritual behaviour for which no textual testimony survives.

Lectures

  1. Gods of Prehistoric Britain 2022-09-21 · YouTube
  2. Paganism in Roman Britain 2022-12-07 · YouTube
  3. Anglo-Saxon Pagan Gods 2023-02-01 · YouTube
  4. Viking Pagan Gods in Britain 2023-03-08 · YouTube
  5. Finding Lost Gods in Wales 2023-04-26 · YouTube
  6. How Pagan Was Medieval Britain? 2023-06-07 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Ronald Hutton
Year
2022
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
History, Religion, Literature and writing
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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