Boudicca

by Johnson, Marguerite

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Title Statements

Full title :Boudicca / Marguerite Johnson.

Summary

"Boudicca (Boadicea), Queen of the Iceni, is synonymous with rebellion and feminine strength, yet what we know of her is often far removed from the time in which she lived and the early authors who first wrote about her. In this new study, Marguerite Johnson returns to the original sources and interrogates them in order to unearth what the ancients thought of this most enigmatic heroine of British freedom. After a concise overview of Boudicca and the British rebellion against Rome, she turns to the writings of Tacitus and Dio and provides an in-depth analysis of their views on Boudicca and her people. These readings, which form the centrepiece of the book, are followed by an insightful series of readings of Boudicca post-antiquity, including the scant references to her in the writings that emerged after the fall of the Roman Empire to the most modern reworkings of this most fascinating of historical icons." --Publisher description.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Bristol Classical Press
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:157 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 22 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1853997323, 9781853997327
oclc:ocn780273355
LC Classification:DA145.3.B6
Dewey Decimal:936.2/04092

Boudicca and the British revolt against Rome -- Tacitus' account -- Dio Cassius' account -- After the ancients : Boudicca's later lives.

Subjects

55 B.C.-449 A.D Biographies Biography Boadicea,, Queen Boudicca (Britannien, Fürstin) Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire -- 55 av. J… Great Britain Great Britain -- History -- Roman perio… Great Britain -- History -- Roman perio… History Iceni Iceni -- History Icéniens -- Histoire Kunst Literatur Queens Queens -- Biography. -- Great Britain Rezeption