Stonehenge a temple restor'd to the British druids : By William Stukeley, M. D. Rector of All Saints in Stamford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stukeley, William, 1687-1765.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stonehenge (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([10],66,[4]p.,XXXV plates ) port.,ill. ;

Other Title:

Stonehenge a temple restor'd to the British druids

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Innys and R. Manby, at the West End of St. Paul's, MDCCXL. [1740]

Summary:

Stukeley's Stonehenge was intended to be the first volume in a comprehensive study of universal history, which he never completed. He believed a pure form of Christianity was the original religion of mankind, which had been subverted by idolatry, and finally restored by Jesus. Stonehenge was a temple of this primordial patriarchial religion, built by immigrants from the Near East, possibly Phoenicians. They became the progenitors of the Celts, founded the Druid religion and built the mysterious standing stones. (Today scholars believe that Stonehenge was constructed by an indigenous, pre-Celtic, pre-Druid culture).

Notes:

'Abury', a companion volume, was published in 1743.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T146679.

OCLC:

642446012