The Trophies of Time: English Antiquarians of the Seventeenth Century
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In Britain throughout the period there was a persistent curiosity about the origins of the nation and its institutions, inspired initially by the publication in 1586 of Camden's Britannia. A remarkable campaign of scholarship developed, which attempted to imagine the vanished societies that had once flourished there. What could be known of prehistoric Britain from its monuments and language? Could the lay-out of Roman Britain be recovered? Was it...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199234272
ISBN13:9780199234271
Release Date:December 2007
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:400 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 8.4"
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