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Tolkien readily admitted that the concept of Middle-earth was not his own invention. An Old English term for the Dark Age world, it was always assumed that the importance of magic in this world existed only in Tolkien's works; now Professor Brian Bates reveals the vivid truth about this historical culture. Behind the stories we know of Dark Age king and queens, warriors and battles, lies the hidden history of Middle-earth, a world of magic, mystery and destiny. Fiery dragons were seen to fly across the sky, monsters haunted the marshes, and elves fired poisoned arrows. Wizards cast healing spells, wise trees gave blessings, and omens foretold the deaths of kings. The very landscape itself was enchanted and the world imbued with a life force. Repressed by a millennium of Christianity, this belief system all but disappeared, leaving only faint traces in folk memory and fairy tales. In this remarkable book Professor Brian Bates has drawn on the latest archaeological findings to reconstruct the imaginative world of our past, revealing a culture with insights that may yet help us understand our own place in the world.
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English Fantasy fiction, England, Knowledge, Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Magic in literature, History and criticism, Medievalism, Literature and history, Fantasy fiction, English, In literature, Middle Ages in literature, History, England, in literature, Fantasy fiction, history and criticismPeople
J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973)Places
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The Real Middle Earth: Exploring the Magic and Mystery of the Middle Ages, J.R.R. Tolkien, and "The Lord of the Rings"
October 7, 2004, Palgrave Macmillan
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The real Middle-earth: exploring the magic and mystery of the Middle Ages, J.R.R. Tolkien and "The Lord of the Rings"
2003, Palgrave Macmillan
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1403963193 9781403963192
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The Real Middle Earth: Magic and Mystery in the Dark Ages
2003, Pan Books
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"The gods and goddesses lived in the bright spaces of the Upperworld, along with the light elves."
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