Ancient Britons and the antiquarian imagination : ideas from the Renaissance to the Regency / Stuart Piggott.

Main entry:

Piggott, Stuart.

Title & Author:

Ancient Britons and the antiquarian imagination : ideas from the Renaissance to the Regency / Stuart Piggott.

Publication:

Description:

175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 167).
Introduction -- the search for ancient Britain -- 1. The British antiquaries -- 2. The ancient authors: Eden to Ararat -- 3. From the Ark to the Americas -- 4. Time. technology and the monuments -- 5. Relapse, romantics and stagnation.

Summary:

"This book sets out to give an account of how British scholars, from the Renaissance to the Regency, sought to construct a picture of their remote ancestors before the Roman conquest." --p. 7.

ISBN:

0500014701 (jacket)
9780500014707 (jacket)

Subject:

Antiquities, Prehistoric Great Britain.
Prehistoric peoples Great Britain.
Antiquarians Great Britain.
Britons Historiography.
Spécialistes d'histoire ancienne Grande-Bretagne.
Antiquarians.
Antiquities.
Antiquities, Prehistoric.
Historiography.
Prehistoric peoples.
Geschichtsschreibung
Rezeption
Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Archeologen.
Geschichte (1580-1800)
Geschichte (1500-1800)
Great Britain Antiquities.
Great Britain History To 55 B.C. Historiography.
Grande-Bretagne Histoire Jusqu'à 55 av. J.-C. Historiographie.
Great Britain.
Britannien
Britische Inseln
Großbritannien
World, ancient period. British historiography

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 50448
Call No.: ID:89-B9370
Status: Available

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