The Recovery of Roman Britain 1586 - 1906: A Colony So Fertile (Oxford Studies in the History of Archaeology)

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 by exploring 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 British society 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. "Richard Hingley's study crosses traditional academic boundaries by exploring 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 British society 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."--Résumé de l'éditeur 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. - ;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 cr

Richard Hingley's study crosses traditional academic boundaries by exploring 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 British society 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.

Contents......Page 10 List of illustrations......Page 11 Introduction......Page 16 1. ‘Made and not born civill’......Page 32 2. A wall to separate the barbarians from the Romans......Page 100 3. ‘A colony so fertile’......Page 172 4. ‘The Roman occupation of Britain and our own occupation of India’......Page 253 Conclusion......Page 341 References......Page 350 A......Page 390 B......Page 391 C......Page 392 D......Page 394 G......Page 395 H......Page 396 J......Page 397 L......Page 398 N......Page 399 P......Page 400 S......Page 401 W......Page 403 Y......Page 404 Oxford University Press, USA Contents 10 List of illustrations 11 Introduction 16 1. ‘Made and not born civill’ 32 2. A wall to separate the barbarians from the Romans 100 3. ‘A colony so fertile’ 172 4. ‘The Roman occupation of Britain and our own occupation of India’ 253 Conclusion 341 References 350 Index 390 A 390 B 391 C 392 D 394 E 395 F 395 G 395 H 396 I 397 J 397 K 398 L 398 M 399 N 399 O 400 P 400 Q 401 R 401 S 401 T 403 U 403 V 403 W 403 Y 404 ISBN-13:,9780199237029