Essays on Archaeological Subjects: And on Various Questions Connected with the History of Art, Science, and Literature in the Middle Ages: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Medieval History) - Softcover

Wright, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 110808348X ISBN 13: 9781108083485

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Thomas Wright (1810–77), antiquarian, archaeologist and historian, wrote many works on all his areas of interest, including several reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. He was the first excavator of the Roman city of Wroxeter, wrote on the history of Ludlow and of Cambridge, and was interested in ethnology, folklore, the Celtic languages and Old English, and etymology. This two-volume collection of his essays was published in 1861: he selected them 'to embrace in some manner the whole field of our own primeval history and that of the Middle Ages'. The subjects range from the excavation of tumuli in Yorkshire to the history of drama in the Middle Ages. Wright draws on sources ranging from medieval charters to modern linguistic studies, as well as the remains and artefacts uncovered by his own and others' excavations. Volume 2 contains articles on the medieval period, from language to architecture and satire.

About this title

Book Description

For the essays in this two-volume 1861 work, Wright draws on sources ranging from medieval charters to modern linguistic studies, as well as the remains and artefacts uncovered by his own and others' excavations. Volume 2 contains articles on the medieval period, from language to architecture and satire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 110808348X
• ISBN 13: 9781108083485
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336