Boudica Britannia: Rebel, War-leader and QueenPearson Longman, 2006 - 286 páginas '[This] book is a jolly good read...lively, confident and [filled with] thought-provoking parallels with modern times [...]Professor Aldhouse-Green is well equipped to do justice to the fearsome warrior queen of the Britons who so nearly brought the story of Roman Britain to a premature end. This important study of Boudica not only makes full use of recent archaeological and classical scholarship, it also offers exciting new psychological insights into the first woman to make a significant impact on the history of Britain'. Dr Paul R. Sealey, Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Colchester Museums When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing clash is one of the most important - and dramatic - events in the history of Britain, standing testament to what can happen when an insensitive colonial power meets determined resistance from a subjugated people head-on. In this fascinating account of a legendary figure, Miranda Aldhouse-Green raises questions about female power, colonial oppression, and whether Boudica would be seen today as a freedom fighter, terrorist or martyr. |
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... caused Tiridates to lose face in front of his watching family and entourage , and his behav- iour is full of theatrical performance on a grand scale . Dio paints a pic- ture of the flamboyant eastern potentate contrasting with the ...
... causing a tremendous burden of food provision , accommodation and protection to all the communities through whose territory he passed . His arrival in Britain would have caused an enormous stir , and he and his entourage must have ...
... caused the greatest opprobrium to be heaped upon her greater even than her successful campaigns against the English . - The Boudica brand : perception and presentation , past and present But the truth is , that in this Battel and whole ...
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Claudius and Britannia | 36 |
Prasutagus and Boudica | 67 |
big women in Iron Age Europe | 93 |
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