Isles A History

Name: Isles A History
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ISBN: 9780195148312

ISBN-10: 0195148312

ISBN-13: 9780195148312

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Authors: Norman Davies

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Written by one of the most brilliant and provocative historians at work today, The Isles is a revolutionary narrative history that presents a new perspective on the development of Britain and Ireland, looking at them not as self-contained islands, but as an inextricable part of Europe. This richly layered history begins with the Celtic Supremacy in the last centuries BC, which is presented in the light of a Celtic world stretching all the way from Iberia to Asia Minor. Roman Britain is seen not as a unique phenomenon but as similar to the other frontier regions of the Roman Empire. The Viking Age is viewed not only through the eyes of the invaded but from the standpoint of the invaders…

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List price: $80.00
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/29/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1296
Size: 8.50" wide x 5.50" long x 2.20" tall
Weight: 3.410
Language: English

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List of Illustrations


List of Maps


List of Tables


List of Appendices


Introduction



The Midnight Isles



The Painted Isles: c. 600 B.C. to A.D. 43



The Frontier Isles: 43 to c. 410



The Germanico-Celtic Isles: c. 410 to 800



The Isles in the West: 795 to 1154



The Isles of Outremer: 1154 to 1326



The Englished Isles: 1326 to 1603



Two Isles: Three Kingdoms: 1603 to 1707



The British Imperial Isles: 1707 to 1922



The Post-Imperial Isles: 1900 to Present


Notes


Appendices


Index