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The antiquary : John Aubrey's historical scholarship /

John Aubrey (1626-1697), antiquary, natural philosopher, and virtuoso, is best-remembered today for his 'Brief Lives', biographies of his contemporaries filled with luminous detail which have been mined for anecdotes by generations of scholars. However, Aubrey was much more than merely the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson Williams, Kelsey, 1986- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Aubrey, John, > 1626-1697.
Aubrey, John, > 1626-1697
Archaeology > History > 17th century.
Antiquarians > England > 17th century.
Archéologie > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Spécialistes d'histoire ancienne > Angleterre > 17e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Antiquarians
Archaeology
England
1600-1699
Electronic books.
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Stonehenge and the druids: antiquarian controversy in Restoration England
  • 2. Monumenta Britannica: ancient traces in the British landscape
  • 3. The old Roman fashion: architecture and its histories
  • 4. Writing lives: Aubrey, Anthony Wood, and antiquarian biography
  • 5. Ovid in the West Country: the ancient origins of folk custom
  • 6. A new philology: toponyms and comparative linguistics in Aubrey's late works.