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The tribe of witches : the religion of the Dobunni and Hwicce / Stephen J. Yeates.
- Title
- The tribe of witches : the religion of the Dobunni and Hwicce / Stephen J. Yeates.
- Author
- Yeates, Stephen James, 1965-
- Publication
- Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2008.
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- Description
- xi, 195 p. : ill., maps.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "Discussions concerning pre-Christian religion in Western Europe have, for many years, been considered problematic due to a lack of texts, material culture, and the theoretical framework into which place-name studies have been constructed. This study examines the relationship between two groups of peoples, or tribes, the Iron Age Dobunni and the early medieval people know as Hwicce, whose territories in the Severn Valley and Cotswolds overlapped"--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Archaeology and religion > England > Cotswold Hills
- Hwicce > Religion
- Dobunni > Religion
- Archaeology and religion > Severn River Valley (Wales and England)
- Religion and geography
- Severn River Valley (Wales and England) > Antiquities
- Severn River Valley (Wales and England) > Religion > History
- Cotswold Hills (England) > Antiquities
- Cotswold Hills (England) > Religion > History
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781842173190 (pbk.)
- 1842173197 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 233787421
- SCSB-11197657
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library