title: European Paganism
author: Ken Dowden
description: <strong>'Masterful overview ... Dowden has a winning way with words, and a gift for making the complexities of faith simple and accessible.'</strong> - <em>The Independent</em><br /><br /><strong>'The book is a delight to read. Dowden has an attractive style, and chooses his quotations so that they illuminate the matters he is discussing.'</strong> - <em>D. Cohen, Wood and Water, No. 71</em><br /><br /><strong>'</strong><em>European Paganism</em><strong> is vintage Ken Dowden and that, of course means its always challenging and informative and often very amusing.'</strong> - <em>Greece and Rome</em><br /><br /><strong>'Hutton shows us that paganism is a matter of interest not only for the classicst and archaeologist, but for the modern historian as well. In doing so his </strong><em>Triumph of the Moon</em><strong> proves to be a triumph of cultural history.'</strong> - <em>Owen Davies</em><br /><br /><strong>'This is a colussus of a book. It approaches a familiar subject from fresh angles and provides a whole new perspective on European Paganism ... One of the most important books to be written on the subject - ever!'</strong> - <em>Pagan Dawn</em>
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  EUROPEAN PAGANISM
   
   
   
   
   
  
  EUROPEAN PAGANISM
   
  The realities of cult from antiquity to the
  Middle Ages
   
   
   
   
   
  Ken Dowden
   
   
   
   
   
  London and New York
  
  First published 2000
  by Routledge
  11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
   
  Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
  by Routledge
  29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
   
  Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
  This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.
   
  © 2000 Ken Dowden
  The right of Ken Dowden to be identified as the Author of this
  Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright,
  Designs and Patents Act 1988
   
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
  reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic,
  mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented,
  including photocopying and recording, or in any information
  storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the
  publishers.
   
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