Classical Caledonia

Roman History and Myth in Eighteenth-Century Scotland

(Author) Alan Montgomery
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Introduction ; Chapter 1: Imagining a Classical Caledonia: Sir Robert Sibbald's Vision of Scotland's Roman Past ; Chapter 2: Walled Out of Humanity: Sir John Clerk and his Circle ; Chapter 3: Resisting the 'Conquerors of the Universe': Celebrating the Caledonian Rejection of Rome ; Chapter 4: 'Beyond the Vallum': English Interpretations of Scottish History ; Chapter 5: 'Monuments and Delights of the Arts': Rediscovering the Material Remains of Rome in Scotland ; Chapter 6: Reconquering the Highlands: Hanoverian Interpretations of Roman Scotland ; Chapter 7: The Age of 'Agricolamania': Early Modern Uses and Abuses of Tacitus' Agricola ; Chapter 8: Forging a Nation: The Spurious Histories of Charles Bertram and James Macpherson ; Chapter 9: After Ossian: Changing Interpretations of Roman Scotland ; Conclusion

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Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Format:
Hardcover
Number of pages:
None
Language:
en
ISBN:
9781474445641
Publish year:
2020
Publish date:
Sept. 17, 2020

Alan Montgomery

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