Brutus of Troy and the Quest for the Ancestry of the British - Adolph, Anthony
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Just who did the British think they were? For much of the last 1,500 years, when the British looked back to their origins they saw the looming mythological figure of Brutus of Troy. A great-great-grandson of the love goddess Aphrodite through her Trojan son Aeneas (the hero of Virgil's Aeneid), Brutus accidentally killed his father and was exiled to Greece. He liberated the descendants of the Trojans who lived there in slavery and led them on an epic voyage to Britain. Landing at Totnes in Devon, Brutus overthrew the giants who lived in Britain, laid the foundations of Oxford University and London and sired a long line of kings, including King Arthur and the ancestors of the present Royal Family.Invented to give Britain a place in the overarching mythologies of the Classical world and the Bible, Brutus's story long underpinned the British identity and played a crucial role in royal propaganda and foreign policy. His story inspired generations of poets and playwrights, including Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, P...
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2015Uitgever: Pen & Sword, Barnsley237 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1473849179ISBN-13: 9781473849174Koop dit boek tweedehands
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[Auteur: Adolph, Anthony] [Pagina's: 237] [Taal: en] [Uitgever: Pen & Sword, Barnsley] [Jaar: 2015] [Titel: Brutus of Troy and the Quest for the Ancestry of the British]
