In this collection specialist authors consider the growth and workings of the Roman Empire from the end of the first war with Carthage, to the accession of Septimus Severus, through such aspects as Roman governors, cities, non-urban areas and client kings.
In this collection specialist authors consider the growth and workings of the Roman Empire from the end of the first war with Carthage, to the accessi...
This book examines recent views on the emerging settlement patterns of early medieval Britain and their relation to land use, drawing on both archaeological and documentary sources. Simon Esmonde Cleary takes the study from the later Romano-British into the post-Roman period. Christopher Holdsworth examines the re-emergence of Christianity in sixth-century England, the location of minsters and their role in the economy. The problematic theme of continuity or dislocation recurs in a number of chapters and is closely investigated by Peter Rose and Ann Preston Jones in their chapter on Cornwall,...
This book examines recent views on the emerging settlement patterns of early medieval Britain and their relation to land use, drawing on both archaeol...
Privateering, ship design, English society, the lost colonists, the drawing of John White, and the adoption of Walter Raleigh as an American folk hero are among the topics covered in this volume.
Privateering, ship design, English society, the lost colonists, the drawing of John White, and the adoption of Walter Raleigh as an American folk hero...