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Gods, Heroes, and Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain
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by Christopher R. Fee and David A. Leeming
Sales Rank: 717370
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$33.00
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on 9-16-2008.
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 256 pages
Published by: Oxford University Press, USA March 18, 2004
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0195174038
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0195174038
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.7 x 0.7 inches
Weighs: 13 ounces
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Gods, Heroes, and Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain (Hardcover)
Drs. Christopher Fee and David Leeming have crafted an extraordinary work examining the marriage of Celtic, Germanic, and Norse cultures and religious beliefs in Britain (particularly as they are seen via the literary traditions that chronicled them) in an effort to understand how the impact of pre-Christian peoples influenced the unique Christianity of Medieval Britain. While Dr. Leeming has provided extensive retellings of pagan myths, Dr. Fee has written insightful analyses of these myths and their import to the creation of a British religious ideology. Beginning with a scrutiny of the various pagan pantheons, the work then moves through detailed examinations of, among other things, types of deities, heroes and heroines, and the different sagas of the individual cultures. As an apocalypticist, I found the retellings and subsequent commentaries on Ragnarok and the Anglo-Saxon Fire of Judgment immensely informative and useful. This is an extraordinarily accessible book. It is intended for the non-specialist and, as such, would be perfect for an undergraduate survey course, for an upper-level topical course on British mythology/religion, or for any scholar seeking an understanding of Britain's pre-Christian culture. I would also recommend it highly as a handbook for any medievalist who needs quick and informed accounts of any and all of these topics. Not only have Drs. Fee and Leeming eloquently opened up the field of pagan Britain to further inquiry and discussion, but they have done so in a work that is, above all, easy and enjoyable to read.
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