The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Britons, showing Native Costume. 20 THE BRITISH NATION among them little favour. They were vain, idle, andquarrelsome. The British tribes were ruled by princes, whose powerwas great, but not absolute, since the freemen of the tribeGovernment decided important matters. The religionand religion of was Druidism, of whicli we know but dimlythe Britons. ^j^^ ^.^^^ meaning. The Druids professed tounderstand both the movements of the heavenly bodiesand their influence upon human destiny. They taughtbelief in the life of the soul after death, and the H
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . Britons, showing Native Costume. 20 THE BRITISH NATION among them little favour. They were vain, idle, andquarrelsome. The British tribes were ruled by princes, whose powerwas great, but not absolute, since the freemen of the tribeGovernment decided important matters. The religionand religion of was Druidism, of whicli we know but dimlythe Britons. ^j^^ ^.^^^ meaning. The Druids professed tounderstand both the movements of the heavenly bodiesand their influence upon human destiny. They taughtbelief in the life of the soul after death, and the HighPriest claimed a dignity and authority not unlike thelater supremacy of the Roman Pontilf. Druid worshipwas not in temples, but in oak groves, and ii sometimes. Roman Sea-gotng Gallet. included the horrid sacrifice of condemned criminals,who were confined in lu;ge wicker baskets and priesthood surrounded itself with mystery, trainedits students in remote forests, and intrusted Druid doc-trines to memory only, not to writing. Upon the societyof the time the Druids exercised a potent influence. Jus-tice and education were in the hands of the priests, whileDruid bards went about the country and used verse andmusic as effective instruments to arouse and controlopinion. Into this rude world penetrated at last the imperialRoman. Julius Caesar conquered Gaul, and beyond its THE ROMAN AND THE ENGLISH CONQUESTS 21 invasion ofBritain.
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