Hingley, Richard  | Oxford Univ Pr

413,430원  | 20080815  | 9780199237029

A 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. Richard Hingley is Reader in Archaeology at the University of Durham. Richard Hingley is Reader in Archaeology at the University of Durham. From the sixteenth century, classical texts enabled Scottish and English authors and artists to imagine the character and appearance of their forebears and to consider the relevance of these ideas to their contemporaries. Richard Hingley's study crosses traditional academic boundaries byexploring sources usually separately addressed by historians, classicists, archaeologists, and geographers, to provide a new perspective on the origin of English and Scottish identity. His book is the first full exploration of these issues to cover such a long period in the development of Britishsociety and to relate ideas derived from Roman sources to the development of empire, while also placing ideas of origin in a European context. It is illustrated throughout with artefact drawings, site plans, and photographs. 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. Introduction1. 'Made and not born civill'2. A wall to separate the barbarians from the Romans3. 'A colony so fertile'4. 'The Roman occupation of Britain and our own occupation of India'Afterword

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37,550원  | 20210111  | 9789354361906

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