Queen Boudica and Historical Culture in Britain - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Queen Boudica and Historical Culture in Britain write by Martha Vandrei. This book was released on 2018. Queen Boudica and Historical Culture in Britain available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Taking a long chronological view and a wide-ranging, interdisciplinary approach, this is an innovative and distinctive book. It is the definitive work on the posthumous reputation of the ever-popular warrior queen of the Iceni, Queen Boadicea/Boudica, exploring her presence in British historical discourse, from the early-modern rediscovery of the works of Tacitus to the first historical films of the early twentieth century. In doing so, the book seeks to demonstrate the continuity and persistence of historical ideas across time and throughout a variety of media. This focus on continuity leads into an examination of the nature of history as a cultural phenomenon and the implications this has for our own conceptions of history and its role in culture more generally. While providing contemporary contextual readings of Boudica's representations, Martha Vandrei also explores the unique nature of historical ideas as durable cultural phenomena, articulated by very different individuals over time, all of whom were nevertheless engaged in the creative process of making history. Thus this study presents a challenge to the axioms of cultural history, new historicism, and other mainstays of twentieth- and twenty-first- century historical scholarship. It shows how, long before professional historians sought to monopolise historical practice, audiences encountered visions of past ages created by antiquaries, playwrights, poets, novelists, and artists, all of which engaged with, articulated, and even defined the meaning of "historical truth". This book argues that these individual depictions, variable audience reactions, and the abiding notion of history as truth constitute the substance of historical culture.
Boudica
Boudica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boudica write by Richard Hingley. This book was released on 2005. Boudica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A biography of Boadicea (or Boudicca), the leader of resistance to Romans in Britain, and her subsequent reputation.
Boudica Britannia
Boudica Britannia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boudica Britannia write by Miranda Aldhouse-Green. This book was released on 2014-05-01. Boudica Britannia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing clash is one of the most important - and dramatic - events in the history of Britain, standing testament to what can happen when an insensitive colonial power meets determined resistance from a subjugated people head-on. In this fascinating account of a legendary figure, Miranda Aldhouse-Green raises questions about female power, colonial oppression, and whether Boudica would be seen today as a freedom fighter, terrorist or martyr.
Boudica and Her Stories
Boudica and Her Stories - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boudica and Her Stories write by Carolyn D. Williams. This book was released on 2009. Boudica and Her Stories available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "This is the first book to concentrate exclusively on texts about Boudica and to cover the full chronological range from the first surviving historical account by Tacitus in AD 98 to the triumphant conclusion of Manda Scott's series of novels in 2006. All our knowledge of the ancient British queen Boudica, and her ferocious yet ultimately unsuccessful rebellion against the Romans, is derived from a few accounts in ancient Greek and Latin. Yet they have inspired a flood of history, fictional narrative, drama, and poetry, and there is no indication that the process has ended. This study illuminates and celebrates the rich variety generated by the creative tensions between writers' knowledge and their individual tastes, beliefs, and political or artistic aims and considers whether Boudica's textual metamorphoses are without limits or variations on a distinctive theme bounded by a flexible yet enduring narrative pattern." --Book Jacket.
Boudica
Boudica - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Boudica write by Caitlin C. Gillespie. This book was released on 2018. Boudica available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Boudica' introduces readers to the life and literary importance of Boudica through juxtaposing her literary characterizations in Tacitus and Cassius Dio with those of other women and rebel leaders. Literary comparisons assist in the understanding of Boudica as a barbarian, queen, mother, commander in war, and leader of revolt.
