Opening book details…
Can I read Queens of the wild : pagan goddesses in Christian Europe : an investigation on EtoBox?
Queens of the wild : pagan goddesses in Christian Europe : an investigation by Ronald Hutton is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Queens of the wild : pagan goddesses in Christian Europe : an investigation about?
A concise history of the goddess-like figures who evade both Christian and pagan traditions, from the medieval period to the present day In this riveting account, renowned scholar Ronald Hutton explores the history of deity-like figures in Christian Europe. Drawing on anthropology, archaeology, literature, and history, Hutton shows how hags, witches, the Fairy Queen, and the Green Man all came to be, and how they changed over the centuries. Looking closely at four main figures--Mother Earth, the
Who reads Queens of the wild : pagan goddesses in Christian Europe : an investigation?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ronald Hutton
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780300261011
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
More by Ronald Hutton
Browse all works by Ronald Hutton
Similar books
- Beyond the Burning Times : A Pagan and Christian in Dialogue — Philip Johnson and Gus diZerega (2007)
- Christian Mythology : Revelations of Pagan Origins — Claude Lecouteux Philippe Walter (2014)
- Pagan and Christian: Religious Change in Early Medieval Europe (Debates in Archaeology) — David Petts (2011)
- The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft : A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft — Ronald Hutton (2019)
- In the Wake of the Goddesses : Women, Culture, and the Biblical Transformation of Pagan Myth — Tikva Simone Frymer-Kensky (1992)
- Pagan Virtue in a Christian World : Sigismondo Malatesta and the Italian Renaissance — Anthony F. D'Elia (2016)