{"product_id":"the-britons-isbn-9780631222606","title":"The Britons","description":"This book provides a fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It also discusses the revivals of interest in British culture and myth over the centuries, from Renaissance antiquarians to modern day Druids. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDescribes the life, language and culture of the Britons before, during and after Roman rule.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the figures of King Arthur and Merlin and the evolution of a powerful national mythology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProposes a new theory on the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain and the establishment of separate Brittonic kingdoms.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses revivals of interest in British culture and myth, from Renaissance antiquarians to modern day Druids.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Plates. \u003cp\u003eList of Figures.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Who are the Britons?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritons and the Great Celtic Debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistoriography and Methodology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Romans and Britons:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Late Pre-Roman Iron Age.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Earliest Britons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHallstatt and La Tène.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Belgae.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOppida\u003c\/i\u003e and Proto-Urbanism in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaesar and the Britons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Tribes and the Rise of the Catuvellauni.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Roman Period.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Claudian conquest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Client Kings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCaratacus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoudica.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary expansion and Romanization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganizing the Britons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarming and Rural Settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage in Roman Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Late Roman Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary and Political Events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowns Great and Small.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHill-forts and the Native Aristocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForts and \u003ci\u003eFoederati\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Picts and the Scots.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritons Abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe British Tyrants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Brittonic Age:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Britons and Saxons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSources and Evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Historical Narrative?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Model for the \u003ci\u003eAdventus Saxonum\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Historical Arthur Debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTowns and Hill-forts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKings and Tyrants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The British Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origins of Christianity in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Late Roman Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePelagius and Pelagianism in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatrick.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGildas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonasticism and the Penitentials.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Age of the Saints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript: The Synod of Whitby.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: A People Divided:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Brittany and Galicia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGalicia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Armorica to Brittany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRiothamus and Sidonius.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bretons Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBretons and Franks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrittany and the Carolingian Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRedon and Local Administration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDucal Brittany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Cornwall and the Southwest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Southwest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cornovii and the Dumnonii.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTintagel and Dumnonian Kingship.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eÆthelstan and West Saxon Expansion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cornish Saints.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Wales and the Isle of Man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical Narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelsh Kings and Kingdoms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Llandaff Charters and Roman Survival in Southern Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHill-forts and Trade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Irish in Wales and Man.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Welsh Church.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Northern Britons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Parisii.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Brigantes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Carvetii.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritons beyond the Wall: the Novantae, the Selgovae, the Damnonii, and the Votadini.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Survival along Hadrian’s Wall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElmet.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeira and Bernicia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRheged.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGododdin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrathclyde.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Heroic Society’ of the North.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Conquest, Survival, and Revival:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Normans and Britons.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBretons and the Norman Conquest.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Marcher Lords and the first Welsh Rebellions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeoffrey of Monmouth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArthur and the Plantagenets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerald of Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelsh Nationalism and the Two Llywelyns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEdward I and Wales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOwain Glyn Dŵr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Language and Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of the Brittonic Languages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Latin Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bard in the Early Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCynfeirdd\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘The Great Prophecy of Britain’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Welsh Triads.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eMabinogi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Breton Lais.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelsh Chronicles and Histories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Last of the Royal Bards.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDafydd ap Gwilym.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Conclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Loss of Sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntiquarian Revival.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNationalism, Separatist Groups, and Devolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Britons in Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology of Events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This lucid text cuts a logical swathe through the minefield of current debates, and provides an overview that will be welcomed by scholars and non-specialists alike. Anyone seeking an authoritative and eminently readable account of the early Britons should start with this book. I enjoyed it. Others will too.\" \u003ci\u003eLloyd Laing, University of Nottingham\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eThis book is about a fascinating, crucial and formative period of British History. There are plenty of controversial theories about the so-called 'Dark Ages', and yet Snyder offers a manageable overview that explores not only the latest scholarly works but also popular flights of fancy. This is a really well written book which is interesting, questioning, accessible and often amusing\" \u003ci\u003eAbbey's Advocate Newsletter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eProf Snyder questions the view of historians from Bede onwards that the British were overwhelmed by massive Germanic immigration and a series of bloody wars. He says many historians are now subscribing to the theory that a small number of warrior elites imposed their culture on the Britons in what is now England. The Welsh, however, refused for centuries to accept new trends from continental Europe, even defying the Pope with their own calendar.\" \u003ci\u003eRhodri Clark, Western Mail (Cardiff)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChristopher A. Snyder\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of European History and Chair of the Department of History and Politics at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a frequent lecturer at the Smithsonian Institution. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eExploring the World of King Arthur \u003c\/i\u003e(2000) and \u003ci\u003eAn Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Britons, AD 400-600 \u003c\/i\u003e(1998).  This book provides a fascinating and unique history of the Britons from the late Iron Age to the late Middle Ages. It draws on both archaeological and written evidence to trace the development of the distinct culture of the Britons that survived nearly four centuries of Roman rule and has been revived and celebrated by generations ever since.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book:\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edescribes the life and culture of the Britons before, during and after Roman rule\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ecovers the revival of Iron Age practices within a Christian context, typified by the work of Saint Patrick\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexamines the figures of King Arthur and Merlin and the evolution of a powerful national mythology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eproposes a new theory on the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain and the establishment of separate Brittonic kingdoms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003egives an account of the Viking and Norman invasions and their effect on the Britons\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ereveals the origins of The Brittonic language and its segmentation into Breton, Cornish and Welsh\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book also discusses the revivals of interest in British culture and myth over the centuries, from Renaissance antiquarians to modern day Druids.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990178513125,"sku":"NP9780631222606","price":53.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780631222606.jpg?v=1761786804","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-britons-isbn-9780631222606","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}