Ken Dark
Auteur de Britain and the End of the Roman Empire
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Œuvres de Ken Dark
Hagia Sophia in Context: An Archaeological Re-examination of the Cathedral of Byzantine Constantinople (2019) 3 exemplaires
The Sisters of Nazareth Convent: A Roman-period, Byzantine, and Crusader site in central Nazareth (The Palestine… (2020) 2 exemplaires
Roman-Period and Byzantine Nazareth and its Hinterland (The Palestine Exploration Fund Annual) (2020) 1 exemplaire
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Through a Glass Brightly: Studies in Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology Presented to David Buckton (2003) — Contributeur — 7 exemplaires
Landscapes of Change: Rural Evolutions in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (Late Antique & Early Medieval… (2004) — Contributeur — 4 exemplaires
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Ken Dark's study first appeared in hardback in 1994, and apart from minor corrections remains essentially unchanged in the paperback edition.. He looks at how nearly four centuries of Roman rule may not have entirely obliterated the pre-Roman Iron Age polities of England and Wales (what are still known as tribes, unfortunately with all the primitivism and barbarism associated with that term), and discusses the meagre evidence for continuity into successor Celtic kingdoms. He of necessity takes a cautious, even minimalist, view of that evidence, questioning assumptions (such as the value of the later Llandaff charters for the early history of this period) but also speculating on the possible survival of artefacts (such as the Late Antique illuminated manuscript Vergilius Romanus, which he argues was produced in sub-Roman Britain, with all that implies for cultural continuity).
The text is reference-driven, which doesn't make for smooth and easy reading. That aside, the overall thrust of Dark's argument is fairly clear and, to this reader at least, mostly persuasive. But then I've always thought cultural continuity during this period of transition was stronger than was often allowed, and indeed inherently more likely despite the paucity of evidence, especially as the archaeological evidence continues to emerge from the ground and as assiduous scholars re-evaluate what already exists.
http://calmgrove.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/civitas/… (plus d'informations)