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Roman Britain: A New History, 2nd Edition
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Roman Britain: A New History, 2nd Edition

The author first outlines events from the Iron Age period immediately preceding the conquest in AD 43 to the emperor Honorius’s advice to the Britons in 410 to fend for themselves. He then tackles the issues facing Britons after the absorption of their culture by an invading army, including the role of government and the military in the province, religion, commerce, technology, and daily life. For this revised edition, the text, illustrations, and bibliography have been updated to reflect the latest discoveries and research in recent years.
 
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Historical English and Derivation
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Historical English and derivationHistorical English and derivation

The English language was not native to Britain. It was preceded by Celtic and to some extent by Latin, before the occupation of the island by English settlers from the Continent. The language spoken by the ancient Britons was a form of Celtic, similar to what was spoken by kindred tribes in Wales and Cornwall. The English, when they came, paid no attention to this Celtic speech, though they picked up a few words accidentally; but after their conversion to Christianity they adopted the same forms of the Roman letters as those used by the conquered Britons.Latin.
 
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Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are?
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Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are?Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are?

Is Britain really perceived as a nation of poorly dressed, roast-beef-eating, snaggle-toothed xenophobes? Or do the British perhaps all live in stately homes, and lead supercilious, emotionally repressed, tea-drinking lives? In "Brit-Myth", the author probes these and other myths, conceptions and misconceptions of Britishness, looking not only at how Britons see themselves, but also at how the British are seen overseas. Moving between high and popular culture, from the myths of King Arthur and Albion to national opinion polls on Great and Evil Britons'; and from "Big Brother" to international surveys of British national characteristics, he delineates the current state of Britishness.

 
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Britons in Anglo-Saxon England
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Britons in Anglo-Saxon EnglandBritons in Anglo-Saxon England

The number of native Britons, and their role, in Anglo-Saxon England has been hotly debated for generations; the English were seen as Germanic in the nineteenth century, but the twentieth saw a reinvention of the German `past'. Today, the scholarly community is as deeply divided as ever on the issue: place-name specialists have consistently preferred minimalist interpretations, privileging migration from Germany, while other disciplinary groups have been less united in their views, with many archaeologists and historians viewing the British presence, potentially at least, as numerically significant or even dominant.


 
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King Arthur: Myth Making and History
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King Arthur: Myth Making and History
King Arthur's story encapsulates the medieval romance and the tragedy of the Dark Ages. Yet legends shroud his life, and to this day scholars cannot agree on his dates, his location or even whether he really existed.
 
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Tags: King Arthur, medieval, Dark Ages, Camelot, Britons, Arthurian, myth, legend, Excalibur, whether, location, dates, really, existedKing, whether