Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and Its Peoples 8000 BC-AD 1500 He argues that the peoples of the Atlantic rim--of Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar--all share a cultural identity shaped by the Atlantic Ocean, an identity which stretches back almost ten thousand years. These maritime communities have long looked north and sout
| Title | : | Facing the Ocean: The Atlantic and Its Peoples 8000 BC-AD 1500 |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (368 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0199240191 |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 608 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2001-06-28 |
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The Bretons are not French, the Celts are not English, and the Galicians are not Spanish, writes Barry Cunliffe. These maritime communities have long looked north and south along the coast, not inland, to claim a common bond. Even today, the Bretons see themselves as distinct from the French, but refer to the Irish, Welsh, and Galicians as their brothers and cousins. In Facing the Ocean, Barry Cunliffe, one of the world's most highly regarded authorities on prehistoric Europe, offers an utterly original way of looking at that continent. He argues that the peoples of the Atlantic rim--of Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, Brittany, Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar--all share a cultural identity shaped by the Atlantic Ocean, an identity which stretches back almost ten thousand years. These peoples lived at the edge of the world, in places called Land's End, Finistere, and Finisterra, and looked out on a bountiful but terrifying expanse of ocean, a roiling, merciless infinity beyond which
Editorial : "An eagle-eye view of unique clarity from an impassioned observer with a discerning mind. It delivers history from a fresh perspective, encompassing a region rarely glimpsed as a whole."--The Economist"Lavishly illustrateda beautiful bookCunliffe is to be complimented because he has stepped beyond the yearning for Celtic myths to use contemporary archaeology to tell a great story of human endeavour."--Richard Hodges, History Today
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