Classical Caledonia : Roman history and myth in eighteenth-century Scotland / Alan Montgomery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Alan, author.

Series:

Edinburgh scholarship online.

Edinburgh scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National characteristics, Scottish--History--18th century.

National characteristics, Scottish.

Scotland--Historiography--18th century.

Scotland.

Scotland--History--To 1057--Historiography.

Scotland--Antiquities, Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 225 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2021.

Summary:

'Classical Caledonia' focuses on early modern attitudes towards Scotland's ancient past and looks in particular at the ways in which this past was not only misunderstood, but also manipulated in attempts to create a patriotic history for the nation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Imagining a classical Caledonia: Sir Robert Sibbald’s vision of Scotland’s Roman past

2 Walled out of humanity: Sir John Clerk and his circle

3 Resisting the ‘Conquerors of the Universe’: celebrating the Caledonian rejection of Rome

4 ‘Beyond the Vallum’: English interpretations of Scottish history

5 ‘Monuments and delights of the arts’: rediscovering the material remains of Rome in Scotland

6 Reconquering the Highlands: Hanoverian interpretations of Roman Scotland

7 The age of ‘Agricolamania’: early modern uses and abuses of Tacitus’ Agricola

8 Forging a nation: the spurious histories of Charles Bertram and James Macpherson

9 After Ossian: changing interpretations of Roman Scotland

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 10, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

ISBN:

1-4744-9126-X

1-4744-4566-7

OCLC:

1306540207