The Roman Villa, Chedworth
Author | : Roger Goodburn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Chedworth (England) |
ISBN | : 9780900562921 |
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Author | : Roger Goodburn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Chedworth (England) |
ISBN | : 9780900562921 |
Author | : Simon Esmonde Cleary |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780752486437 |
Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a "golden age" and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving guests and for grand dining, the provision of baths, and the use of mosaics. The villa would also have housed the wife, family and household of the owner and been the center of an agricultural estate. It was rediscovered in the nineteenth century and part of Chedworth’s tale is the way in which it was viewed by a nineteenth-century Cotswold landowner, Lord Eldon, and then its current owners, the National Trust.
Author | : James BUCKMAN (and HALL (Robert Wright)) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 1872 |
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Author | : Simon Cleary |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2013-04-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0752492802 |
Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a ‘golden age’ and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving guests and for grand dining, the provision of baths, and the use of mosaics. The villa would also have housed the wife, family and household of the owner and been the centre of an agricultural estate. In the nineteenth century Chedworth was rediscovered, and part of the villa’s tale is the way in which it was viewed by a nineteenth-century Cotswold landowner, Lord Eldon, and then its current owners, the National Trust. Now, in this remarkable and beautifully illustrated volume, Chedworth’s story is told in full.
Author | : James Buckman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 76 |
Release | : 1872 |
Genre | : Chedworth (England) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Chedworth Roman Villa (CHEDWORTH) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : James Buckman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-07-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781021284327 |
Author | : Caroline K. Mackenzie |
Publisher | : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd |
Total Pages | : 70 |
Release | : 2019-07-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1789692911 |
Richly illustrated and clearly written, Culture and Society at Lullingstone Roman Villa articulates a thoughtful and original approach to this remarkable site. It presents extensive scholarly research in an accessible manner and is recommended reading for academics and enthusiasts alike.
Author | : Simon Esmonde Cleary |
Publisher | : National Trust |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2017-04-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781911384380 |
Nestling in a wooded combe in the heart of the Cotswolds and surrounded by beautiful woodland walks, Chedworth Roman Villa is one of the most important sites where visitors can come into direct contact with Roman Britain. Its uncovering in 1864 yielded one of the most complete plans of a Romano-Britain villa, and the museum constructed immediately after is one of the earliest (if not the earliest) purpose-built, on-site museums in the country. The Villa and its finds demonstrate the prosperity of the Golden Age of Roman Britain in the fourth century AD. During this time Britain's ruling class had come to absorb much Roman culture, such as the gods and goddesses and myths of the Mediterranean. But this is not the full story. Parts of the villa complex have as yet not been excavated: the agricultural buildings, the houses of the labourers who cultivated the fields and tended the herds. It was these resources and workers that paid for the lords and ladies to live in such high style. This guide tells the story of how the fortunate wealthy few at the very top of Romano-British society lived and worked. It includes details about when the Villa was first built, who the people who lived at the Villa and on its lands were, what the landscape of this part of the Roman Cotswolds looked like, and how this great Villa came to be abandoned and fall into ruin. Including painstaking reconstructions and drawings of the villa and its facilities through the ages, this guide benefits from modern conservation and archaeology to reveal the secrets of a unique treasure of Roman Britain.