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This is the first book to approach Stonehenge without any theoretical position. It describes what is known and believed about the monument's construction from c. 3000 BCE onwards. The Middle Ages were content with the story of it having been brought by Merlin from Ireland. The post Reformation antiquaries gave us the conception of Stonehenge as a historical monument. It played a significant role in the imagination of writers and artists. Then the Victorians invented prehistory and Darwin himself came to measure it. In 1918 it passed into public ownership and 1926 saw the first forced entry by Druids.The Earth Mysteries Movement now sees the stones as part of a greater web of ley lines and other phenomena. Archaeologists, united in their disdain for that, remain divided on many other points. And perhaps the most fraught issue now is conservation as the henge stands between two thundering main roads. This rich and provocative book explores all this in presenting a monument whose history is as fascinating as its secret.
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Stonehenge, Rosemary Hill
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- Jaar van publicatie
- 2008
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- Titel
- Stonehenge
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Rosemary Hill
- Uitgever
- Profile Books
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2008
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- Aantal pagina's
- 242
- ISBN10
- 1861978650
- ISBN13
- 9781861978653
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Sociale Wetenschappen, Historisch thema, Britse Literatuur, Engeland, Verenigd Koninkrijk, Europa, Geschiedenis van Europa, Oudheid, Archeologie, Historiografie, Stonehenge
- Beoordeling
- 3,85 van 5
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- This is the first book to approach Stonehenge without any theoretical position. It describes what is known and believed about the monument's construction from c. 3000 BCE onwards. The Middle Ages were content with the story of it having been brought by Merlin from Ireland. The post Reformation antiquaries gave us the conception of Stonehenge as a historical monument. It played a significant role in the imagination of writers and artists. Then the Victorians invented prehistory and Darwin himself came to measure it. In 1918 it passed into public ownership and 1926 saw the first forced entry by Druids.The Earth Mysteries Movement now sees the stones as part of a greater web of ley lines and other phenomena. Archaeologists, united in their disdain for that, remain divided on many other points. And perhaps the most fraught issue now is conservation as the henge stands between two thundering main roads. This rich and provocative book explores all this in presenting a monument whose history is as fascinating as its secret.