Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
1,264
Language
English
Published
Aug 15, 2003
Publisher
UNKNO
ISBN-10
1843710072
ISBN-13
9781843710073
Description
William Camden's Britannia (1610) was the first great text describing the British nation, its antiquities and culture. The work by Camden (1551-1623), often dubbed as the father of British history, deploys sophisticated historical material in the fashion of a geographical chorography. Organized by a set of country descriptions arranged according to the tribes of the Saxon Heptarchy, the work provided the benchmark by which later chorographers defined themselves.
Genres
History