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Christina Unwin
Auteur de Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen
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Textiles and Clothing : Medieval Finds from Excavations in London, c.1150-c.1450 (1991) — Illustrateur, quelques éditions — 424 exemplaires
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But why do we think we know Boudica's story? That's explained in "Part II: Boadicea" where the authors review how the legend (and name) of the Warrior Queen evolved and grew through the centuries, morphing through "histories," plays, poems, art, TV, movies, museum exhibits, and websites. They comprehensively cover most of the non-classical literary sources, how they portray Boadicea (or any of the dozens of alternate spellings) and how the work was of it's time. I found the following quote from the end of the book, to be of enormous value: "We shape our own past, either to get what we need from it or to answer questions about the times we ourselves live in--we get the past we desire." Boudica's legend has been interpreted by many people to get the past they wanted--including Tacitus and Dio--our primary sources.
I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to see past the veils of legend and dig into the real history--as far as we can know. It is a research book, filled with footnotes and quotes, but the language is accessible. Published in 2005, it has a good survey of current archaeological evidence and revisits some earlier finds with updated interpretations.… (plus d'informations)