A.D. 500: A Year in the Dark Ages - Softcover

Young, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0753819465 ISBN 13: 9780753819463

Verlag: W&N, 2006

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From Tintagel and tin-mining to saints and slave markets, from alcohol and King Arthur to boat burials and beavers, here are the realities of life in the sixth century AD, based squarely on archeological and historical evidence. (Charles Osborne SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)

Anyone who loves to hate a particular corner of these islands will warm to this witty and delightfully prejudiced guide book... It may read like a novel but Simon Young substantiates all his seeming flights of fancy with historical references. (TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT)

A highly entertaining and imaginative guide... A highly unusual presentation of life in a fascinating period of British history. (THE GOOD BOOK GUIDE)

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A window on the mysterious world of the Dark Ages by a brilliant young historian

AD 500 is written as a practical survival guide for the use of civilised visitors to the barbaric islands of Britain and Ireland. It describes a journey which begins in Cornwall and continues through Wales and Ireland, then across to Scotland and eventually down to London and southern Britain.

The Romans have left, and the islands are now fought over by Irish, British Celts, Picts and Saxons. It is a dangerous world, full of tribal war. The British Celts are enthusiastic head-hunters, while the Saxon gods require regular blood sacrifices, animal and sometimes human. There are social pitfals too (`Do not make fun of the Celts' beliefs about Arthur'...'Don't refuse a place in a Welsh collective bed.')

Cheviot bandits, bizarre forms of Christianity, boat burials, peculiar haircuts, human sacrifice, poetry competitions, slave markets, the legend of King Arthur - these are the realities of life in the sixth century AD.

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• Verlag: W&N
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0753819465
• ISBN 13: 9780753819463
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 240