Hadrian's Wall [[electronic resource] ] : a life / / Richard Hingley

• Autore: Hingley Richard
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (415 p.)
• Disciplina: 936.2/881
• Soggetto geografico: Hadrian's Wall (England) History; Great Britain History Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D; England, Northern History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""1. A Living Wall""; ""Animating the Wall""; ""Chorography""; ""A composite Roman Wall""; ""2. Hadrianâ€?s Wall""; ""Introduction""; ""Identity and origin""; ""Anatomy""; ""Function""; ""Roman history""; ""PART I: PICTSâ€? WALL""; ""3. Heavenfield: Christian Inspirations""; ""Introduction""; ""Gildas and the â€?Groans of the Britonsâ€?""; ""An eastern comment on the Wall""; ""Bedeâ€?s â€?wretched Britonsâ€? and their Walls""; ""The lasting influence of Gildas and Bede""; ""Summary: a Christian monument"" ; ""4. Lanercost Priory: The Wall and the English Border""""Introduction""; ""Establishing the northern frontier of England""; ""The night watch""; ""Proposing a civil frontier""; ""Summary: a genealogical frontier""; ""5. Ellenborough (Maryport): Recognizing Roman Civility in the Border Landscape""; ""Introduction""; ""William Camdenâ€?s account of the Pictsâ€? Wall""; ""Collecting Roman stones""; ""Michael Draytonâ€?s Pictswall""; ""Story and history""; ""Summary: a civil frontier""; ""PART II: THE ROMAN WALL""; ""6. Castlesteads: Reviving Interest in the Wall""; ""Introduction"" ; ""Timorous talk of the Pictsâ€? Wall""""Emphasizing the Wall""; ""Augustan grandeur and Scottish reactions""; ""John Horsleyâ€?s Roman Wall""; ""George Smith at Castlesteads""; ""Summary: reasserting the Wall""; ""7. Newcastle and Carlisle: Reconstructing the Roman Wall""; ""Introduction""; ""Rebellion and the fall of Carlisle""; ""Loyal resistance at Newcastle""; ""Re-establishing the Roman frontier""; ""William Stukeley and Princess Augusta""; ""Popularizing the Wall""; ""Summary: rebuilding the Roman Wall""; ""8. The Mithraeum at Borcovicium (Housesteads): Reasons to be Cheerful?"" ; ""Introduction""""Reasons to be cheerful?""; ""Reasons to be gloomy?""; ""Reasons to be cheerful, part two""; ""Summary: an imperial Wall""; ""9. Wallington Hall: Native Troops on the Wall""; ""Introduction""; ""Fact and fiction in paint""; ""Native troops upon the Wall""; ""Britons on the Wall""; ""Summary: an inclusive Wall""; ""10. The Clayton Wall: â€?A New Era in Antiquarian Researchâ€?""; ""Introduction""; ""Bruceâ€?s itineraries of the Wall""; ""Recognizing the Wallâ€?s national and international significance""; ""The Clayton Wall""; ""The function of the Wall: an impenetrable fence?"" ; ""Religion and urban life along the Wall""""Summary: international fame""; ""PART III: HADRIANâ€?S WALL""; ""11. The Roman Gate at Hunnum (Halton Chesters): Ethnographic Time""; ""Introduction""; ""The Amateur Antiquary""; ""Rudyard Kiplingâ€?s Roman Wall""; ""Kiplingâ€?s later writings on the Wall""; ""Representing the Wall""; ""Summary: eddies in time""; ""12. Birdoswald: Scientific Archaeology""; ""Introduction""; ""The Turf Wall, the Vallum, and the internationalization of research""; ""Developing the science of archaeology""; ""The function of the Wall"" ; ""Scientific and pre-scientific understandings""
• Sommario/riassunto: In this work, Hingley addresses the post-Roman history of Hadrian's Wall, and considers the ways in which the monument has been imagined, represented, and researched from the sixth century to the internet.
• Titolo autorizzato: Hadrian's Wall
• ISBN: 1-283-71438-8; 0-19-162613-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996210781303316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno