Imagining Roman Britain : Victorian responses to a Roman past
Hoselitz, Virginia2015
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The authority of classical texts was challenged in the mid-Victorian era through the unearthing of a very different 'Rome' in the material remains under British soil. This text is an examination of how the Roman past was perceived, and used, by Victorian Britain.
Main title:
Imagining Roman Britain : Victorian responses to a Roman past / Virginia Hoselitz.
Author:
Hoselitz, Virginia, author
Imprint:
London : Royal Historical Society, 2015.
Collation:
220 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: Woodbridge: Boydell, 2007.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9780861933358 (pbk)
Dewey class:
936.1'04'072041
Language:
English
Subject:
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryHistoryHistoryGreat Britain -- Antiquities, RomanGreat Britain -- History -- Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. -- HistoriographyRome -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th centuryGreat Britain -- Public opinion -- History -- 19th century
BRN:
315698
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