1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990001482060403321

Autore

Pancaldi, Giuliano <1946- >

Titolo

Darwin in Italia : impresa scientifica e frontiere culturali / Giuliano Pancaldi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna : Il Mulino, 1983

ISBN

88-15-00177-8

Descrizione fisica

294 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Collana

Saggi ; 248

Disciplina

575.016 2

Locazione

DECSE

FLFBC

FGBC

DBV

Collocazione

SE 093.04.16-

P.1 FS 235BIS

P.1 FS 235

COLLEZ. 117 (248)

2 I 9

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789511003321

Autore

Hingley Richard

Titolo

Boudica : Iron Age warrior queen / / Richard Hingley and Christina Unwin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2006

©2005

ISBN

1-283-20198-4

9786613201980

0-8264-4060-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

936.2/04/092

Soggetti

Queens - Great Britain

Women soldiers - Great Britain

Iceni - Queens

Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART ONE: BOUDICA; 1 Iron Age and Roman Britain; 2 The Classical Sources; 3 The Archaeological Evidence; PART TWO: BOADICEA; 4 Finding Boadicea; 5 Subordination; 6 Imperial Icon; 7 In the Modern World; 8 A Woman of Many Faces; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Boudica, or Boadicea, queen of the Iceni, led a famous revolt against Roman rule in Britain in AD 60, sacking London, Colchester and St Albans and throwing the province into chaos. Although then defeated by the governor, Suetonius Paulinus, her rebellion sent a shock wave across the empire. Who was this woman who defied Rome? Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen is an account of what we know about the real woman, from classical literature, written for the consumption of readers in Rome, and from the archaeological evidence. It also traces her extraordinary posthumous career as the earliest famous w