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Britain and Ireland in Early Christian Times: AD 400-800

THOMAS, Charles

McGraw

An enquiry into the causes of the alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British interest, and into the measures taken for ... who thereupon abandoned the fort and country

Scholarly Press

The period between the departure of the Romans, around AD 400, and the establishment of the English kingdoms in the later 7th century is one of the least known and most important episodes in British history. In this time of turmoil, Scots, Picts and Anglo-Saxons contributed to a breakdown in civilized life, but it was also a time of renaissance: a rebirth of Celtic language and art, the rise of native British kingdoms in Scotland, Wales and Cornwall, and the flowering of the Church in Celtic Britain. This is the period that this work seeks to illuminate. In this turbulent period, how much continuity can be discerned with Roman Britain? What are the links with Britain today? Charles Thomas pieces together the facts behind the accretions of myth. He ranges from Rome's Christian legacy to the growth of monasticism, from Ogham writing to Pictish symbol stories, from St Ninian, Scotland's first bishop, to St Columba of Iona, from the narrative poem, "The Gododdin", to the origins of the story of Tristan and Isolde, providing a portrait of this romantic and heroic age.

Celtic Britain (Ancient Peoples & Places)

History

Europe

Thames&Hudson

The period between the departure of the Romans from Britain around a.d. 400 and the establishment of the English kingdoms in the later seventh century was a time of turmoil, of a breakdown in civilized life. Scots, Picts, and Anglo-Saxons pressed in on all sides. Yet it was also a time of renaissance, of a rebirth in Celtic language and art, which saw the rise of native British kingdoms in Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall, and the flowering of the Church in Celtic Britain. Charles Thomas--archaeologist and historian of the early Church--pieces together the truth behind the accretions of myth. The results of the latest research are brought to bear, including new ideas about Tintagel and excavations at Dunbarton Rock and elsewhere. From it emerges the most convincing portrait yet of a romantic and heroic age.

Celtic Britain

Ancient Civilizations

Britain and Ireland in Early Christian Times, A.D. 400-800 (Library of Mediaeval Civilization)

Britain and Ireland in early Christian times: A.D. 400-800 (Library of medieval civilization)

Thames and Hudson

Stone inscriptions are the most important written source for 5th-7th century western-British history. Against a background for Old World prehistory and the classical civilizations, this book focuses on the inscribed memorial stones of Demetia (south-west Wales, modern-day Dyfed) and Dumnonia (Devon, Cornwall and part of Somerset). The author looks at cultural change after AD 400 by analyzing the evidence or "messages" left on memorial stones. The invention of the ogam script in Ireland and its use, with implications for both paganism and Christianity, on such stones is examined. A group of chapters is devoted to a praticular reconstruction of events in south-west Wales between AD 400 and 600 - the establishment of an Irish-decended kingdom of Dementia. The author demonstrates that the Dementians adopted first Latinity (use of Roman names, ets) and only then Christinity, influenced by sub-Roman native kingdoms to the east. The author then traces a remarkable "venture to the interior" - the foundation of a small Dementian kingdom in the upper Usk valley, and examines documentary evidence for the first settler-king - Brychan - and, as monk and saint, his connection with Lundy Island (in the Bristol Channel) and north Devon. Evidence for a post-Roman native kingdom in Cornwall, Devon and part of Somerset is next considered, as is minor Irish settlement in west Cornwall around the year 400, and an isolated introduction of Christianity from 5th-century Gaul. Inscribed stones show that the conversion of Dumnonia to Christianity - though field-work has revealed that, far from being a Land of Saints, the deep south-west did not become Christian until well into the 6th century.

And Shall These Mute Stones Speak?

University of Wales Press

Tintagel is a grand and spectacular site on the Cornish coast; its name conjures up Arthurian legend and it has been much visited and written about since the Middle Ages. The site consists of the "Island"; the castle; and the church and churchyard each with its own history, some of which is only partly known. The author, Charles Thomas, is excavating at Tintagel and in this book he brings all the strands together, deciphering the clues, deconstructing some of the myths and building a model of this multi-faceted site.

The English Heritage Book of Tintagel: Arthur and Archaeology

B.T.BATSFORD LTD

This anthology offers five of the best known plays by Chilean author Marco Antonio de la Parra in translation: The Raw, The Cooked, and The Rotten (1978), Secret Obscenities (1984), Every Young Woman's Desire (1986), King Kong Palace (1990), and Dostoevski Goes to the Beach (1990). Accompanying the translations are six essays by scholars in the field of Latin American theatre who offer keen insights into the complex world of the playwright/novelist/psychiatrist de la Parra. The translations and essays explore the author's theatre written during the darkest days of the Pinochet regime as well as those of his self-proclaimed «post-Pinochet» era.

The Theatre of Marco Antonio de la Parra: Translations and Commentary (Taft and University of Cincinnati)

Literature & Fiction

Dramas & Plays

Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers

Black and Blue: Profiles of Blacks in IBM

Pub Associates

Sweetsips: Making Your Own Liqueurs & Cordials at Home

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Charles Thomas Pubns

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