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The trophies of time : English antiquarians of the seventeenth century /
The recovery of the various pasts of Britain - prehistoric, Roman, and Saxon - was one of the most remarkable achievements of seventeenth-century scholarship, carried out by some of the most learned men of the age. The Trophies of Time offers the first comprehensive review of the heroic phase of ant...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The recovery of the various pasts of Britain - prehistoric, Roman, and Saxon - was one of the most remarkable achievements of seventeenth-century scholarship, carried out by some of the most learned men of the age. The Trophies of Time offers the first comprehensive review of the heroic phase of antiquarian studies, when history was being disengaged from fable, and the modern sense of the remote past was being securely established. - ;The Trophies of Time presents the first comprehensive survey of the English antiquarians of the seventeenth century. In Britain throughout the period there was a. |
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| Notas: | Originally published: 1995. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 382 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191567155 0191567159 1281770043 9781281770042 9786611770044 6611770046 |