The Recovery of Roman Britain 1586-1906 - A Colony So Fertile

Zusatztext Richard Hingley has made a thorough survey of the literature with the intention of moving beyond the tendency of archaeology to rate all studies of ancient past according to how successfully they anticipate modern archaeological opinion. In this he succeeds. Informationen zum Autor Richard Hingley is Reader in Archaeology at the University of Durham. Klappentext An extensively illustrated study of the origins of English and Scottish identity in the reading of classical texts which enabled authors and artists to imagine the character and appearance of their forebears. Richard Hingley relates ideas derived from Roman sources to the development of empire, and places theories of origin in a European context. Zusammenfassung An extensively illustrated study of the origins of English and Scottish identity in the reading of classical texts which enabled authors and artists to imagine the character and appearance of their forebears. Richard Hingley relates ideas derived from Roman sources to the development of empire, and places theories of origin in a European context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: `Made and not born civill' 2: A wall to separate the barbarians from the Romans 3: `A colony so fertile' 4: `The Roman occupation of Britain and our own occupation of India' Afterword

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• Authors: Richard Hingley, Richard (EDT) Hingley, Richard (Reader in Archaeology Hingley, Hingley Richard
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.08.2008
• EAN: 9780199237029
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923702-9
• No. of pages: 389
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Oxford Studies in the History of Archaeology; Oxford Studies in the History; Oxford Studies in the History of Archaeology; Oxford Studies in the History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Ancient World, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Ancient History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology