Britain after Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 - 1070 (Penguin History of Britain, Band 2).

Fleming, Robin:

ISBN 10: 0713990643 / ISBN 13: 9780713990645

Editore: Allen Lane. 26.08.2010., 2010

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XXII, 457 Seiten / p., Beilage Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - Beilage / supplement: Rezension / review - The enormous hoard of beautiful gold objects found in a field in Staffordshire in 2009 has focused huge attention on the mysterious world of seventh- and eighthcentury Britain. Clearly the product of a sophisticated, wealthy, highly militarized society, the objects raise innumerable questions about how we are to understand the people who once walked across the same landscape we inhabit, but who left such a slight record of their presence. -- Britain after Rome stitches together a wealth of research and imaginative engagement to bring us as close as we can hope to get to the tumultuous centuries between the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West and the arrival of the Normans nearly seven centuries later. After the implosion of the Romano-British economy, all towns in Britain were abandoned, and Christianity, the religion of the Empire, disappeared from much of Britain. At the same time, in the aftermath of collapse, immigrants and invaders came to settle across Britain. It can be too easily assumed that life in Britain after Rome was intolerable and yet this is the world in which Britains vernacular languages and political arrangements were forged, many of todays villages and towns were founded, and the social and economic relations between monks, lords and peasants came into being. There are tantalizing glimpses in this book of the surprising and resilient peoples and communities who remade Britain in the centuries after Romes collapse, taken principally from the study of material excavated from their cemeteries and settlements. -- The result of a decade of work, Robin Flemings major new addition to the Penguin History of Britain could not be more opportune. A richly enjoyable, varied and surprising book, Britain after Rome allows its readers to see Britains history in a quite new light. ISBN 9780713990645 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 743 15,9 x 3,8 x 23,5 cm, Originalhardcover mit Schutzumschlag / with dust jacket.

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• Titolo: Britain after Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400 - 1070 (Penguin History of Britain, Band 2).
• Editore: Allen Lane. 26.08.2010.
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0713990643
• ISBN 13: 9780713990645
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: Gut
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta
• Peso: 743 grammi
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The enormous hoard of beautiful gold military objects found in 2009 in a field in Staffordshire has focused huge attention on the mysterious world of 7th and 8th century Britain.Clearly the product of a sophisticated, wealthy, highly militarized society, the objects beg innumerable questions about how we are to understand the people who once walked across the same landscape we inhabit, who are our ancestors and yet left such a slight record of their presence.

Britain after Rome brings together a wealth of research and imaginative engagement to bring us as close as we can hope to get to the tumultuous centuries between the departure of the Roman legions and the arrival of Norman invaders nearly seven centuries later. As towns fell into total decay, Christianity disappeared and wave upon wave of invaders swept across the island, it can be too easily assumed that life in Britain became intolerable - and yet this is the world in which modern languages and political arrangements were forged, a number of fascinating cultures rose and fell and tantalizing glimpses, principally through the study of buildings and burials, can be had of a surprising and resilient place.

The result of a lifetime of work, Robin Fleming's major new addition to the Penguin History of Britain could not be more opportune. A richly enjoyable, varied and surprising book, Britain after Rome allows its readers to see Britain's history in a quite new light.

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Robin Fleming is the author of Kings and Lords in Conquest England and Domesday Book and the Law. She has taught for many years at Boston College and is currently Matina S. Horner Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.