Druids: Their Origins and History

Druids: Their Origins and History
ISBN-10
1566198941
ISBN-13
9781566198943
Series
Druids
Category
Druids and Druidism
Pages
199
Language
English
Published
1995
Author
Lewis Spence

Description

Their Origins and History Lewis Spence. It has long been the custom of historians to designate the megalithic monuments , stones , circles , cromlechs and dolmens of Western Europe as the handiwork of a Druidic caste . But Lewis Spence ...

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