The Time Team Guide To The History Of Britain
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| Author | : Tim Taylor |
| Publisher | : Channel 4 |
| Total Pages | : 320 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Great Britain |
| ISBN | : 9781905026708 |
We all know that the Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066, London's 'one big burning blaze' tore through the capital in 1666 and that Britain declared war on Nazi Germany in 1939, but many of us remember the most important moments in our history by the folk stories which are attached to them. So we remember Henry VIII for his wives rather than the Reformation and Charles II for climbing a tree rather than the Civil War. But if we set aside these stories, do we really know what happened when, and why it's so important? Which came first, the Bronze Age or the Stone Age? Why did the Romans play such a significant role in our past? And how did a nation as small as Britain come to command such a vast empire? Here, Tim Taylor and the team of expert historians behind Channel 4's Time Team, answer these questions and many more, cataloguing British history in a way that is accessible to all. This book will give you and your family a clear and concise view of what happened when, and why.
| Author | : Mary-Ann Ochota |
| Publisher | : Frances Lincoln |
| Total Pages | : 291 |
| Release | : 2018-04-05 |
| Genre | : Travel |
| ISBN | : 0711240086 |
For the times when you’re driving past a lumpy, bumpy field and you wonder what made the lumps and bumps; for when you’re walking between two lines of grand trees, wondering when and why they were planted; for when you see a brown heritage sign pointing to a ‘tumulus’ but you don’t know what to look for… Entertaining and factually rigorous, Hidden Histories will help you decipher the story of our landscape through the features you can see around you. This Spotter’s Guide arms the amateur explorer with the crucial information needed to ‘read’ the landscape and spot the human activities that have shaped our green and pleasant land. Photographs and diagrams point out specific details and typical examples to help the curious Spotter ‘get their eye in’ and understand what they’re looking at, or looking for. Specially commissioned illustrations bring to life the processes that shaped the landscape - from medieval ploughing to Roman road building - and stand-alone capsules explore interesting aspects of history such as the Highland Clearances or the coming of Christianity. This unique guide uncovers the hidden stories behind the country's landscape, making it the perfect companion for an exploration of our green and pleasant land.
| Author | : Carenza Lewis |
| Publisher | : Boxtree |
| Total Pages | : 157 |
| Release | : 2002-09-06 |
| Genre | : Archaeology |
| ISBN | : 9780752265179 |
This book is centred around an innovative idea. It follows the development of the imaginary British town of Timechester from prehistory to the modern age, taking as its inspiration the wide variety of British towns which have hosted Time Team digs. As you turn the pages you will see the town grown and change, yet still with some elements remaining. The Team provide a commentary on the gradual development of the town in their familiar style, along with illustrations by the series' resident artist. Victor Ambrus.
| Author | : Tim Taylor |
| Publisher | : Channel 4 |
| Total Pages | : 192 |
| Release | : 1998-01-01 |
| Genre | : Documentary television programs |
| ISBN | : 9780752213279 |
| Author | : Gillian Hovell |
| Publisher | : History Press |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Thisguide for the interested amateur on how to spot archaeology in your own local landscape provides a period-by-period guide to the archaeology of Britain and an introduction to sites from all the main periods of British history. A guide to what to look out for and typical sites to visit, it outlines what you might expect to find surviving in the landscape, and providesinformation about how to discover archaeology yourself."
| Author | : Francis Pryor |
| Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 568 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
Based on new archaeological finds, this book introduces a novel rethinking of the whole of British history before the coming of the Romans. So many extraordinary archaeological discoveries (many of them involving the author) have been made since the early 1970s that our whole understanding of British prehistory needs to be updated. So far only the specialists have twigged on to these developments; now, Francis Pryor broadcasts them to a much wider, general audience. Aided by aerial photography, coastal erosion (which has helped expose such coastal sites as Seahenge) and new planning legislation which requires developers to excavate the land they build on, archaeologists have unearthed a far more sophisticated life among the Ancient Britons than has been previously supposed. Far from being the woaded barbarians of Roman propaganda, we Brits had our own religion, laws, crafts, arts, trade, farms, priesthood and royalty. And the Scots, English and Welsh were fundamentally one and the same people.
| Author | : Miles Russell |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 455 |
| Release | : 2017-03-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1445662752 |
A fresh look at the text which introduced for the first time some of the key figures in British myth and legend.
| Author | : Mary-Ann Ochota |
| Publisher | : Frances Lincoln |
| Total Pages | : 243 |
| Release | : 2020-09-29 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0711253463 |
In this beautifully illustrated book, anthropologist and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota unearths more than fifty of Britains most intriguing ancient places and artefacts and explores the mysteries behind them.
| Author | : N. J. Higham |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2018-01-01 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0300210922 |
A prominent scholar explores King Arthur's historical development, proposing that he began as a fictional character developed in the ninth century According to legend, King Arthur saved Britain from the Saxons and reigned over it gloriously sometime around A.D. 500. Whether or not there was a "real" King Arthur has all too often been neglected by scholars; most period specialists today declare themselves agnostic on this important matter. In this erudite volume, Nick Higham sets out to solve the puzzle, drawing on his original research and expertise to determine precisely when, and why, the legend began. Higham surveys all the major attempts to prove the origins of Arthur, weighing up and debunking hitherto claimed connections with classical Greece, Roman Dalmatia, Sarmatia, and the Caucasus. He then explores Arthur's emergence in Wales--up to his rise to fame at the hands of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Certain to arouse heated debate among those committed to defending any particular Arthur, Higham's book is an essential study for anyone seeking to understand how Arthur's story began.
| Author | : Roderick Floud |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 607 |
| Release | : 2014-10-09 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1107038464 |
A new edition of the leading textbook on the economic history of Britain since industrialization. Combining the expertise of more than thirty leading historians and economists, Volume 2 tracks the development of the British economy from late nineteenth-century global dominance to its early twenty-first century position as a mid-sized player in an integrated European economy. Each chapter provides a clear guide to the major controversies in the field and students are shown how to connect historical evidence with economic theory and how to apply quantitative methods. The chapters re-examine issues of Britain's relative economic growth and decline over the 'long' twentieth century, setting the British experience within an international context, and benchmark its performance against that of its European and global competitors. Suggestions for further reading are also provided in each chapter, to help students engage thoroughly with the topics being discussed.
