How long does it take to read Pagan Britain?
Pagan Britain by Ronald Hutton takes about 8 hours 57 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 8 hours 57 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2013. 488 pages, about 134,200 words.
18 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 14 hours 55 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 8 hours 57 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 5 hours 36 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Britain's pagan past, with its astonishing number and variety of mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artefacts, bloodthirsty legends and cryptic inscriptions, has always enthralled and perplexed us. 'Pagan Britain' is a history of religious beliefs from the Old Stone Age to the coming of Christianity. This ambitious book integrates the latest evidence to survey our transformed - and transforming - understanding of early religious behaviour; and, also, the way in which that behaviour has been interpreted in recent times, as a mirror for modern dreams and fears. From the Palaeolithic era to the coming of Christianity and beyond, Hutton reveals the long development, rapid suppression and enduring cultural significance of paganism. Woven into the chronological narrative are numerous case studies of sacred sites both well-known - Stonehenge, Avebury, Seahenge and Maiden Castle - and more unusual far-flung locations across the mainland and coastal islands.
Subjects: Historia, Heidentum, Hedendom, Religion, Paganism, History
