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Author : Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0500297266
Author : Miranda Aldhouse-green
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780500252222
A compelling new account of religion in Roman Britain, weaving together the latest archaeological research and a new analysis of ancient literature to illuminate parallels between past and present Two thousand years ago, the Romans sought to absorb into their empire what they regarded as a remote, almost mythical island on the very edge of the known world—Britain. The expeditions of Julius Caesar and the Claudian invasion of 43 CE, up to the traditional end of Roman Britain in the fifth century CE, brought fundamental and lasting changes to the island. Not least among these was a pantheon of new classical deities and religious systems, along with a clutch of exotic eastern cults, including Christianity. But what homegrown deities, cults, and cosmologies did the Romans encounter in Britain, and how did the British react to the changes? Under Roman rule, the old gods and their adherents were challenged, adopted, adapted, absorbed, and reconfigured. Miranda Aldhouse- Green balances literary, archaeological, and iconographic evidence (and scrutinizes the shortcomings of each) to illuminate the complexity of religion and belief in Roman Britain. She examines the two-way traffic of cultural exchange and the interplay between imported and indigenous factions to reveal how this period on the cusp between prehistory and history knew many of the same tensions, ideologies, and issues of identity still relevant today.
Author : John Jones Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1860
Category : Celtic philology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044012137691
Author : Alexander Pennecuik
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1718
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590774978
Author : Francis Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781009330367
A bold and field-defining exploration of the cultural and religious origins of Britain's small gods, fairies and other supernatural beings.
Author : Miranda Aldhouse-Green
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786837998
Relevance of the religious beliefs and practices of past European societies can enhance understanding of our own. The popular notion of Druids is unpacked and debunked using archaeological evidence. New research findings are shared with readers in accessible and engaging ways, enhanced by copious illustrations that weave into the text. The book is thoroughly readable and tells stories of the past in a deeply compelling manner.
Author : John Jones Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1330544544
Excerpt from Britannia Antiquissima: Or, a Key to the Philology of History, (Sacred and Profane) My dear Caraddaeg, Many of your friends, who attended the banquet held at the Prince of Wales Hotel, in celebration of the Anniversary of Sant Ddewi, or St. David's Day, (1st March, 1800;, have expressed a wish that you should publish your interesting essays on the Language and Early History of the Cimmerians. I think the publication of a work upon the many curious and imperfectly understood subjects treated of in the papers, portions of which you read on the above-named and subsequent occasions, would be welcomed especially by your countrymen, and, I may add, by the public generally. It is believed, from the ability evinced therein, that, were you to apply your linqual talent and classical learning to the task of analysing those questions thoroughly, we should have access to more reliable data tlian are at present available, and a clearer light may be thrown upon the philological, ethnological, as well as the political history of the Cimmerians, and of their descendants, the Cyrnry or Ancient Britons, the primitive and heroic inhabitants of Ynys Prydain, or the Hyperborean Isles of the West. There are many reasons which should induce you to attempt to strike out a new path through this tetra incognita of history, and, as yet, comparatively unexplored field of Cambric literature. It is the bounden duty of some one who claims kindred with the Camry to grapple earnestly and manfully with the subject, and who is not only conversant with the Crimean, but having, also, an acquaintance with the idiomatic structure of the other learned languages of antiquity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Gareth Atkins
Publisher : Studies in the Eighteenth Century
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Evangelical Revival
ISBN : 9781783274390
A compelling study of Anglican Evangelicalism in the Age of Wilberforce revealing its potency as a political machine whose reach extended into every area of the British establishment and its nascent Empire.
Author : Edward Atkyns BRAY
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1859
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0026875063
Author : John Jones Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 0371260108
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Author : James Robert Allard,Mathew R. Martin
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0754667588
This collection foregrounds two crucial moments in the histories of pain, trauma, and their staging in British Theater: the establishment of secular and professional theater in London in the 1580s, and the growing dissatisfaction with theatrical modes of public punishment by 1800. Whether focused on individual plays or broad concerns, these essays offer a new and important contribution to the increasingly interrelated histories of pain, the body, and the theater.
Author : Ray Howell
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780750999885
'There are huge gaps in our understanding of the lives of the Silures ... Despite what is in many instances a glaring lack of evidence, I've increasingly become convinced that trying to tease out what we can about the social structure of these people offers one of our best avenues to understanding them better.' Silures explores exciting new discoveries and changing interpretations to give an up-to-date analysis of the Iron Age peoples of south-east Wales. From 'the study of stuff', new evidence of trade and commerce and archaeological discoveries, to the suggestion of a new research agenda and a consideration of Silurian resonances in modern Wales, Ray Howell's insights are based on personal observations and his own research activities, including excavations in the Silurian region.
Author : David Baker
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781665594226
It is 429 AD and the Roman Empire is falling apart. When Germanus of Gaul is summoned to Rome to have an audience with the Pontifex Maximus, the Pope pleads with him to travel to Britannia, become Archbishop, and overthrow the Vortigern, the evil mastermind who plans to conquer Rome and the Empire. When Germanus finally agrees, he has no idea what lies ahead. After he arrives home, he is horrified to find his wife murdered and his son, Patricius, missing. When a mysterious red-haired Celtic queen arrives at the funeral celebrations, she entices Germanus to take her with him back to the island, along with Lupus, his adopted son. While in Britannia, Germanus becomes torn between the different factions that are battling to impose their beliefs and dominate both island and Empire. As he fights with Britons and Celts and against Saxons and the Vortigern’s crack troops, he finds a new love and a long-lost lover, comes face-to-face with his mortality, and encounters human sacrifice. Now he must decide what kind of man he is: pagan or Christian; Roman or British; general or bishop; emperor or pope. How he decides will not only seal his fate, but also that of an entire continent. In this exciting saga, a Roman general is led on an incredible journey through battles and human sacrifice to a personal choice with the power to transform history.
Author : John Jones Thomas
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1760579912
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Author : Emma Major
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199699377
Using Britannia as a central figure, this book explores the neglected relationship between women, church, and nation. Drawing on a wealth of manuscript, printed, and graphic material, Emma Major argues that Britannia became established as an emblem of nation from 1688 and gained in importance over the following century.
