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Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland: An Encyclopedia
Christopher A. Snyder
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Description for Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland: An Encyclopedia
Hardcover. A comprehensive A-Z encyclopedia of the important figures, peoples, places, themes issues and events of Britain and Ireland from the Neolithic period to AD 1154. Num Pages: 750 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: GB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 186 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1914. An Encyclopedia. 750 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Snyder, Christopher A. A comprehensive A-Z encyclopedia of the important figures, peoples, places, themes issues and events of Britain and Ireland from the Neolithic period to AD 1154. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: GB; HB. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 56. Weight: 1914.
This period of British history saw dramatic social, political, and cultural changes, characterized by the great movement of peoples. The Stone Age peoples, Bronze Age peoples, Celts, Scots, Picts, Irish, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Danes and Normans all arrived, settled, and (to some degree) intermingled. Each of these peoples has a complex history partly separate and partly shared, sometimes obscure, sometimes distorted in the popular imagination, and the purpose of the encyclopedia is to both highlight specific details and clarify the overall picture. The geographic scope of the encyclopedia is Britain and Ireland, and chronologically covers everything from the Neolithic period ... Read more
This period of British history saw dramatic social, political, and cultural changes, characterized by the great movement of peoples. The Stone Age peoples, Bronze Age peoples, Celts, Scots, Picts, Irish, Roman, Anglo-Saxon, Danes and Normans all arrived, settled, and (to some degree) intermingled. Each of these peoples has a complex history partly separate and partly shared, sometimes obscure, sometimes distorted in the popular imagination, and the purpose of the encyclopedia is to both highlight specific details and clarify the overall picture. The geographic scope of the encyclopedia is Britain and Ireland, and chronologically covers everything from the Neolithic period ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Greenwood
Number of pages
750
Condition
New
Number of Pages
750
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781846450099
SKU
V9781846450099
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About Christopher A. Snyder
Christopher A. Snyder is Associate Professor of European History and Chair of the Department of History and Politics at Marymount University, Arlington, Virginia. His many books include: The Britons (2003), The World of King Arthur (2000), and An Age of Tyrants: Britain and the Britons, AD 400-600 (1998).
Reviews for Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland: An Encyclopedia
This set is recommended to academic and public libraries needing reference material on the early history of the British Isles.
ARBA
This encyclopedia seems to be unique in its coverage of anything British or Irish from around the Stone Age to 1154, the beginning of the Plantagenet reign in Britain. … Though the encyclopedia overlaps with Medieval England: ... Read more
ARBA
This encyclopedia seems to be unique in its coverage of anything British or Irish from around the Stone Age to 1154, the beginning of the Plantagenet reign in Britain. … Though the encyclopedia overlaps with Medieval England: ... Read more