Ancient Britons and the Antiquarian Imagination

Ancient Britons and the Antiquarian Imagination
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Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Total Pages : 175
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ISBN-10 : 0500014701
ISBN-13 : 9780500014707
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Download or read book Ancient Britons and the Antiquarian Imagination written by Stuart Piggott and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1989-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A felicitous survey of the ebb and flow of ideas about the past from the Renaissance to the Regency; it is a study of changing thoughts on antiquarianism, and of the major and minor figures, and the writers who influenced them: Camden, Aubrey, Stukeley, Plot and so on.


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