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020			_a9781139839129 (ebook)
020			_z9781107038639 (hardback)
020			_z9781316625682 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aDA145 _b.G45 2013
082	0	0	_a936.104 _223
100	1		_aGerrard, James, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Ruin of Roman Britain : _bAn Archaeological Perspective / _cJames Gerrard.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (361 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aHow did Roman Britain end? This new study draws on fresh archaeological discoveries to argue that the end of Roman Britain was not the product of either a violent cataclysm or an economic collapse. Instead, the structure of late antique society, based on the civilian ideology of paideia, was forced to change by the disappearance of the Roman state. By the fifth century elite power had shifted to the warband and the edges of their swords. In this book Dr Gerrard describes and explains that process of transformation and explores the role of the 'Anglo-Saxons' in this time of change. This profound ideological shift returned Britain to a series of 'small worlds', the existence of which had been hidden by the globalizing structures of Roman imperialism. Highly illustrated, the book includes two appendices, which detail Roman cemetery sites and weapon trauma, and pottery assemblages from the period.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107038639
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139839129
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37486 _d37486