Hadrian's Wall : a life / Richard Hingley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hingley, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hadrian's Wall (England)--History.

Hadrian's Wall (England).

Great Britain--History--Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.

Great Britain.

England, Northern--History.

England, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, Hingley addresses the post-Roman history of Hadrian's Wall, and considers the ways in which the monument has been imagined, represented, and researched from the sixth century to the internet.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""1. A Living Wall""; ""Animating the Wall""; ""Chorography""; ""A composite Roman Wall""; ""2. Hadrian�s Wall""; ""Introduction""; ""Identity and origin""; ""Anatomy""; ""Function""; ""Roman history""; ""PART I: PICTS� WALL""; ""3. Heavenfield: Christian Inspirations""; ""Introduction""; ""Gildas and the �Groans of the Britons�""; ""An eastern comment on the Wall""; ""Bede�s �wretched Britons� and their Walls""; ""The lasting influence of Gildas and Bede""; ""Summary: a Christian monument""

""4. Lanercost Priory: The Wall and the English Border""""Introduction""; ""Establishing the northern frontier of England""; ""The night watch""; ""Proposing a civil frontier""; ""Summary: a genealogical frontier""; ""5. Ellenborough (Maryport): Recognizing Roman Civility in the Border Landscape""; ""Introduction""; ""William Camden�s account of the Picts� Wall""; ""Collecting Roman stones""; ""Michael Drayton�s Pictswall""; ""Story and history""; ""Summary: a civil frontier""; ""PART II: THE ROMAN WALL""; ""6. Castlesteads: Reviving Interest in the Wall""; ""Introduction""

""Timorous talk of the Picts� Wall""""Emphasizing the Wall""; ""Augustan grandeur and Scottish reactions""; ""John Horsley�s Roman Wall""; ""George Smith at Castlesteads""; ""Summary: reasserting the Wall""; ""7. Newcastle and Carlisle: Reconstructing the Roman Wall""; ""Introduction""; ""Rebellion and the fall of Carlisle""; ""Loyal resistance at Newcastle""; ""Re-establishing the Roman frontier""; ""William Stukeley and Princess Augusta""; ""Popularizing the Wall""; ""Summary: rebuilding the Roman Wall""; ""8. The Mithraeum at Borcovicium (Housesteads): Reasons to be Cheerful?""

""Introduction""""Reasons to be cheerful?""; ""Reasons to be gloomy?""; ""Reasons to be cheerful, part two""; ""Summary: an imperial Wall""; ""9. Wallington Hall: Native Troops on the Wall""; ""Introduction""; ""Fact and fiction in paint""; ""Native troops upon the Wall""; ""Britons on the Wall""; ""Summary: an inclusive Wall""; ""10. The Clayton Wall: �A New Era in Antiquarian Research�""; ""Introduction""; ""Bruce�s itineraries of the Wall""; ""Recognizing the Wall�s national and international significance""; ""The Clayton Wall""; ""The function of the Wall: an impenetrable fence?""

""Religion and urban life along the Wall""""Summary: international fame""; ""PART III: HADRIAN�S WALL""; ""11. The Roman Gate at Hunnum (Halton Chesters): Ethnographic Time""; ""Introduction""; ""The Amateur Antiquary""; ""Rudyard Kipling�s Roman Wall""; ""Kipling�s later writings on the Wall""; ""Representing the Wall""; ""Summary: eddies in time""; ""12. Birdoswald: Scientific Archaeology""; ""Introduction""; ""The Turf Wall, the Vallum, and the internationalization of research""; ""Developing the science of archaeology""; ""The function of the Wall""

""Scientific and pre-scientific understandings""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2012).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-283-71438-8

0-19-162613-9

OCLC:

815281342