For my final book review of the year, Ronald Huttons' Pagan Britain. It's an odd one. Hutton's refusal to commit opinions on seemingly clear-cut, relatively minor issues, and then pronounce questionable judgement on major topic base on very flimsy evidence, is really quite strange. There's also not all that much about paganism in there. What there is, though, is very good, especially pagan beliefs as being religion unconnected to morality. And as a review of the history of ideas (both archaeological and historical), this would be tough to beat. A meaty tome indeed; whether it was worth the effort, I'm honestly not quite sure.

And with that I prepare for another cross-continental trip home for Christmas with ~12 hours on a train tomorrow. Wooo....

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