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Britain

Britain   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Classical studies, History
Length:
1,349 words
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1

The Iron Age communities of Britain were essentially agrarian societies in loosely defined tribal territories, with those of the southeast

Britain

Britain   Reference library

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Military History, Social sciences, Warfare and Defence
Length:
55,708 words
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11

[This entry contains nine subentries, on British sources from 500–1000, 1000–1300, and 1300–1500; an overview of British

archaeology: Britain

archaeology: Britain   Reference library

The Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
History, Early history (500 CE to 1500)
Length:
2,534 words

The medieval archaeology of Britain presents a rich and diverse resource that includes both upstanding and below-ground remains and a

Britain, ancient

Britain, ancient   Quick reference

World Encyclopedia

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004
Subject:
Encyclopedias
Length:
72 words

British history from prehistory to Roman Britain. Old Stone Age remains have been found at Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, s

Britain

Britain   Quick reference

A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2004

The largest of the British Isles, including what is now called England, Wales, and Scotland. Until Roman

Britain

Britain (400–1100)   Reference library

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature

Reference type:
Subject Reference
Current Version:
2010
Subject:
Religion, Social sciences
Length:
3,345 words

The various post-Roman inhabitants of Britain – British, Pictish, Anglo-Saxon, Viking – practiced versions of “nature religion,” in that they

Britain

Britain   Reference library

Joel Krieger

The Oxford Companion to Comparative Politics

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Subject Reference
Current Version:
2012
Subject:
Social sciences, Politics
Length:
2,570 words

Britain is the largest of the British Isles, a group of islands off the northwest coast of Europe that encompasses

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