Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans
Resource Information
The work Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
The Resource
Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans
Resource Information
The work Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans
- Title remainder
- from Caesar to the Normans
- Statement of responsibility
- Kenneth Henshall
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Folly and Fortune in Early British History attempts to restore human beings, with all their vagaries, to a central role in history. The emphasis is on human foolishness as a driver of history, including epochal turning-points. Many historians believe it impossible to evaluate folly in a bygone era, but Henshall disagrees, and assesses key actions from the perspective of Chaos Theory -- that is, the degree of predictability of outcome. This also highlights the occasional role of luck. The context is Britain between 55 BC and 1066. Among others, the actions of Caesar, Boudica, Vortigern, Aethelred, and Harold Godwineson are examined, and popular assumptions about the wisdom or foolishness of certain historical figures are shown to be unjustified. There are also question sections about the outcome of key events, the aim of which is to encourage readers to put themselves in those historical events and consider alternative actions
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- UKPGM
- Dewey number
- 941.01
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DA152
- LC item number
- .H46 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
Context
Context of Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the NormansWork of
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/resource/M5c32lykPb8/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/resource/M5c32lykPb8/">Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/">Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Work Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/resource/M5c32lykPb8/" typeof="CreativeWork http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/resource/M5c32lykPb8/">Folly and fortune in early British history : from Caesar to the Normans</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.liverpool.ac.uk/">Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool</a></span></span></span></span></div>