Classical Caledonia : : Roman History and Myth in Eighteenth-Century Scotland /

Classical Caledonia : : Roman History and Myth in Eighteenth-Century Scotland / / Alan Montgomery.

Explores early modern interpretations of Roman ScotlandExamines an important aspect of the development of Scottish identity, a subject being brought to the fore again in recent debates surrounding Scottish independenceOffers an in-depth study of a largely overlooked aspect of Scottish historiography...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Montgomery, Alan,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2020
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (232 p.) :; 16 B/W illustrations
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Table of 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

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