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Throughout the recorded history of Britain, belief in earthbound spirits presiding over nature, the home and human destiny has been a feature of successive cultures. From the localised deities of Britannia to the Anglo-Saxons' elves and the fairies of late medieval England, Britain's godlings have populated a shadowy, secretive realm of ritual and belief running parallel to authorised religion. Twilight of the Godlings delves deep into the elusive history of these supernatural beings, tracing their evolution from the pre-Roman Iron Age to the end of the Middle Ages. Arguing that accreted cultural assumptions must be cast aside in order to understand the godlings - including the cherished idea that these folkloric creatures are the decayed remnants of pagan gods and goddesses - this bold, revisionist book traces Britain's 'small gods' to a popular religiosity influenced by classical learning. It offers an exciting new way of grasping the island's most mysterious mythical inhabitants.

Mythology, British. --- Nature --- Religious aspects. --- Great Britain --- Religion. --- Philosophy of nature --- Religion and science --- British mythology --- Religious interpretations --- Mythology, British

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Inspired by debates among political scientists over the strength and depth of the pre-modern roots of nationalism, this study attempts to gauge the status of ethnic identities in an era whose dominant loyalties and modes of political argument were confessional, institutional and juridical. Colin Kidd's point of departure is the widely shared orthodox belief that the whole world had been peopled by the offspring of Noah. In addition, Kidd probes inconsistencies in national myths of origin and ancient constitutional claims, and considers points of contact which existed in the early modern era between ethnic identities which are now viewed as antithetical, including those of Celts and Saxons. He also argues that Gothicism qualified the notorious Francophobia of eighteenth-century Britons. A wide-ranging example of the new British history, this study draws upon evidence from England, Scotland, Ireland and America, while remaining alert to European comparisons and influences.

Constitutional history --- -Ethnicity --- -Group identity --- -Mythology, British --- Nationalism --- -Celts --- -British mythology --- Celtic peoples --- Gaels --- Ethnology --- Indo-Europeans --- Alpine race --- Consciousness, National --- Identity, National --- National consciousness --- National identity --- International relations --- Patriotism --- Political science --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Internationalism --- Political messianism --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- Constitutional history, Modern --- Constitutional law --- Constitutions --- History --- Great Britain --- Ethnic relations --- -History --- -Ethnic relations --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnicity --- Mythology, British. --- Mythology, Celtic --- National characteristics, British --- History. --- History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1700-1799 --- Celts --- British mythology --- Britse mythologie --- Mythologie [Britse ] --- Mythologie britannique --- Mythology [British ] --- Mythology, British --- British national characteristics --- Ethnic identities --- Ethnic nations (Ethnic groups) --- Groups, Ethnic --- Kindred groups (Ethnic groups) --- Nationalities (Ethnic groups) --- Peoples (Ethnic groups) --- National characteristics [British ] --- 17th century --- 18th century --- Arts and Humanities

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This seminal new study explores how and why historians and writers from the Middle Ages to the present day have constructed different accounts of this well-loved figure.N. J Higham offers an in-depth examintaion of the first two Arthurian texts: the History of the Britons and the Welsh Annals. He argues that historians have often been more influenced by what the idea of Arthur means in their present context than by such primary sourcesKing Arthur: Myth-making and History illuminates and discusses some central points of debate:* What role was

Old English literature --- Arthur [King] --- British mythology --- Britse mythologie --- Mythologie [Britse ] --- Mythologie britannique --- Mythology [British ] --- Britons --- Mythology, Celtic --- Arthurian romances --- Bretons de Grande-Bretagne --- Mythologie celtique --- Cycle d'Arthur --- Kings and rulers --- Folklore. --- Sources --- Rois et souverains --- Folklore --- Arthur, --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- History --- Historiography. --- Antiquities, Celtic --- Histoire --- Historiographie --- Antiquités celtiques --- Historiography --- Mythology, British. --- Sources. --- Antiquités celtiques --- Mythology, British --- Brythons --- Celts --- Ethnology --- Kings and rulers&delete& --- Arturus, --- Artur, --- Arturo, --- Artus, --- Artù, --- Artús, --- Артур, --- Arzhur, --- Artuš, --- Αρθούρος, --- Arthouros, --- Arthur Pendragon --- Pendragon, Arthur --- Adha, --- 아서, --- 아서 왕 --- Asŏ, --- Asŏ Wang --- ארתור, --- Arthur Gernow --- Arthurus, --- Arturius, --- Arturs, --- Artūras, --- Artúr, --- アーサー, --- アーサー王 --- Āsā-ō --- Āsā, --- Èrthu, --- Arthwys, --- Arthur [King ] --- To 1066 --- Mythology [Celtic ] --- King Arthur [Fictitious character] --- Arthur (roi)