Blót on the Landscape: Re-reading Pope Gregory’s Letter on the Heathen Temple
Issue: Vol 13 No. 10 (2011) Issue Number 13, August 2000
Journal: Pomegranate: The International Journal of Pagan Studies
Subject Areas: Religious Studies
Abstract:
Pope Gregory’s letter written to Abbot Mellitus in the year 601 is often cited as evidence for the widespread Christianisation
of pagan British monuments. Jeremy Harte examines this celebrated text and reviews its impact on modern notions of site continuity
Author: Jeremy Harte