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Barbarians From The Isle

Author: Sigmund Brouwer

Publisher: Turtleback

Published: 2002-09-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780613823241

New Lord of Magnus, Thomas must risk all in war against invading Scots. He soon learns survival is only one of his dilemmas -- barbarian rituals begin plaguing his army almost as soon as it marches north. Worse, his every move seems anticipated by masters of a dark conspiracy, and he soon doubts those closest to him. As a circle of evil closes around Thomas, he is given an ultimatum by the false sorcerers -- join their secret group, or lose his lordship and castle. Meanwhile, the God he has tried to ignore is patiently beckoning.

Cervantes' Epic Novel

Author: Michael Armstrong-Roche

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2009-05-08

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1442691158

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Miguel de Cervantes conceived his final work, The Labours of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story (1617), as a great prose epic that would accomplish for its age what Homer and Virgil had done for theirs. And yet, by the eighteenth century Don Quixote had eclipsed Persiles in the favour of readers and writers alike and the later novel is now virtually forgotten except by specialists. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. At the same time it seeks to illuminate how such a lofty and solemn ambition could coexist with Cervantes evident urge to delight. Grounded in the novel's multiple contexts - literature, history and politics, philosophy and theology - and in close reading of the text, Michael Armstrong-Roche aims to reshape our understanding of Persiles within the history of prose fiction and to take part in the ongoing conversation about the relationship between literary and non-literary cultural forms. Ultimately he reveals how Cervantes recast the prose epic, expanding it in new directions to accommodate the great epic themes - politics, love, and religion - to the most urgent concerns of his day.

Barbarians from the Isle

Author: Sigmund Brouwer

Publisher: Chariot Victor Publishing

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780896931169

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Europe's Barbarians AD 200-600

Author: Edward James

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-07-22

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 1317868242

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'Barbarians' is the name the Romans gave to those who lived beyond the frontiers of the Roman Empire - the peoples they considered 'uncivilised'. Most of the written sources concerning the barbarians come from the Romans too, and as such, need to be treated with caution. Only archaeology allows us to see beyond Roman prejudices - and yet these records are often as difficult to interpret as historical ones. Expertly guiding the reader through such historiographical complexities, Edward James traces the history of the barbarians from the height of Roman power through to AD 600, by which time they had settled in most parts of imperial territory in Europe. His book is the first to look at all Europe's barbarians: the Picts and the Scots in the far north-west; the Franks, Goths and Slavic-speaking peoples; and relative newcomers such as the Huns and Alans from the Asiatic steppes. How did whole barbarian peoples migrate across Europe? What were their relations with the Romans? And why did they convert to Christianity? Drawing on the latest scholarly research, this book rejects easy generalisations to provide a clear, nuanced and comprehensive account of the barbarians and the tumultuous period they lived through.

Rome, China, and the Barbarians

Author: Randolph B. Ford

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2020-04-23

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1108473954

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An exploration of ethnological thought in Greece, Rome, and China and its articulation during 'barbarian' invasion and conquest.

Return of the Barbarians

Author: Jakub J. Grygiel

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2018-06-07

Total Pages: 477

ISBN-13: 1108671497

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Barbarians are back. These small, highly mobile, and stateless groups are no longer confined to the pages of history; they are a contemporary reality in groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and ISIL. Return of the Barbarians re-examines the threat of violent non-state actors throughout history, revealing key lessons that are applicable today. From the Roman Empire and its barbarian challenge on the Danube and Rhine, Russia and the steppes to the nineteenth-century Comanches, Jakub J. Grygiel shows how these groups have presented peculiar, long-term problems that could rarely be solved with a finite war or clearly demarcated diplomacy. To succeed and survive, states were often forced to alter their own internal structure, giving greater power and responsibility to the communities most directly affected by the barbarian menace. Understanding the barbarian challenge, and strategies employed to confront it, offers new insights into the contemporary security threats facing the Western world.