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HADRIANS WALL - MATTHEW SYMONDS KARTONIERT (TB)

Over its venerable history  Hadrian's Wall has had an undeniable influence in shaping the
British landscape  both literally and figuratively. Once thought to be a soft border  recent
research has implicated it in the collapse of a farming civilisation centuries in the making 
and in fuelling an insurgency characterised by violent upheaval. Examining the everyday impact
of the Wall over the three centuries it was in operation  Matthew Symonds sheds new light on
its underexplored human story by discussing how the evidence speaks of a hard border scything
through a previously open landscape and bringing dramatic change in its wake. The Roman
soldiers posted to Hadrian's Wall were overwhelmingly recruits from the empire's occupied
territories  and for them the frontier could be a place of fear and magic where supernatural
protection was invoked during spells of guard duty. Since antiquity  the Wall has been
exploited by powers craving the legitimacy that came with being accepted as the heirs of Rome:
it helped forge notions of English and Scottish nationhood  and even provided a model of
selfless cultural collaboration when the British Empire needed reassurance. It has also
inspired creatives for centuries  appearing in a more or less recognisable guise in works
ranging from Rudyard Kipling's Puck of Pook's Hill to George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones.
Combining an archaeological analysis of the monument itself and an examination of its rich
legacy and contemporary relevance  this volume presents a reliable  modern perspective on the
Wall.

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