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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Niles, John D.
Titre(s) : The idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066-1901 [Texte électronique] : remembering, forgetting, deciphering, and renewing the past / John D. Niles
Publication : Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : John Wiley & Sons, Blackwell, 2015
Description matérielle : 1 online resource
Collection : Wiley Blackwell Manifestos
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066-1901 presents the first systematic review of
the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies have evolved from their beginnings to the twentieth
century Tells the story of how the idea of Anglo-Saxon England evolved from the Anglo-Saxons
themselves to the Victorians, serving as a myth of origins for the English people,
their language, and some of their most cherished institutions Combines original research
with established scholarship to reveal how current conceptions of English identity
might be very different if it were not for the discovery - and invention - of
Sujet(s) : Anglo-Saxons (peuple germanique) -- Historiographie
Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781118943335
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44655780q
Notice n° :
FRBNF44655780
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : The impact of the Norman conquest ; The discovery of Anglo-Saxon England in Tudor
times ; British antiquaries and the Anglo-Saxon past ; The founding of a discipline
1600-1700 ; A period of consolidation 1700-1800 ; The Romantics and the discovery
of Old English verse ; The triumph of philology ; Old English studies in North America
; Anglo-Saxon England and the empire.
