Coins and power in late Iron Age Britain /
Combining archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, John Creighton paints a vivid picture of how people in Late Iron Age Britain reacted to the changing world around them, and how rulers bolstered their power through use of imagery on coins, myths, language, and material culture. Includes fu...
| Основен автор: | Creighton, John, 1964- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Серия: |
New studies in archaeology.
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Coins and power in late Iron Age Britain. |
Съдържание:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; PREFACE; Acknowledgements; ABBREVIATIONS; British Iron Age coinage; Continental Iron Age coinage; Roman coinage; Mauretanian coinage; NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS USED; Introduction; 1 The Middle to Late Iron Age transition; The processes of change in Iron Age Britain: Cunliffe's model; Aspects of the critique of the existing model; Individual authority and the comitatus; Conclusion; 2 Coin and the representation of individual authority; The horse and the ritual basis of authority.