Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans /

Folly and Fortune in Early British History attempts to restore human beings, with all their vagaries, to a central role in history. The emphasis is on human foolishness as a driver of history, including epochal turning-points. Many historians believe it impossible to evaluate folly in a bygone era,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Henshall, Kenneth G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Subjects:
To 1066
Folly.
Folie.
British & Irish history.
Ancient history: to c 500 CE.
Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500.
Social & cultural history.
HISTORY.
History.
Folly
Great Britain > History > To 1066.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1066.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables and Illustrations
  • Preface: About This Book
  • Introduction: Humans, History, Folly, and Fortune
  • The Roman Eagle Lands
  • The Coming of the Pagans
  • The Improbable Norman Conquest
  • So Just How Foolish or Fortunate Have We Been?
  • Appendix I: The Question of Arthur
  • Appendix II: Timeline
  • Appendix III: Chronology of Kings and Overlords of England from the Anglo-Saxon Advent to the Norman Conquest
  • Bibliography of References.

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