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Roman Invasions: The British History, Protestant Anti-Romanism, and the Historical Imagination in England, 1530-1660

By John E. , Jr. Curran

Book information

Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Year
2002
ISBN
9780874137781, 0874137780
LCC
PR428.H57 C87 2002
Open Library ID
OL3560346M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1860817 bytes)
Pages
319\319
Topic
History
Time added
2010-10-03 22:52:24

Description

This book describes how the Renaissance understanding of ancient Britain remained affected by medieval conceptions. The reason for this remaining medievalism was that the tradition based on Geoffrey of Monmouth became so relevant to Protestant patriotism that a great many Protestant English writers clung to it or were influenced by it despite its evident historical inaccuracies. Drayton, Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton figure prominently, but a wide range of authors is considered.

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