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Northumbria : History and Identity 547-2000 - Robert Colls

Northumbria

History and Identity 547-2000

By: Robert Colls

Paperback | 26 February 2019 | Edition Number 2

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This is a book about both the ancient Anglian kingdom of Northumbria, which stretched from the Humber to the Scottish border, and the ways in which the idea of being a Northumbrian, or a northerner, or someone from the 'North East', persisted in the area long after the early English kingdom had fallen. It examines not only the history of the region, but also the successive waves of identity that that history has bestowed over a very long period of time.

Clearly written, and rich in ideas, chapters explore the physical origins of Northumbria and consider just how the pressing political and military claims of adjoining states shaped and tempered it. There are further chapters on art, music, mythology, dialect, history, economy, poetry, politics, religion, antiquarianism, literature and settlement. They show how Northumbrians have lived and died, and looked forward and back, and these accounts of the North East's past will surely help in the shaping of its future.

About the Author

Robert Colls was born in South Shields and is now professor of English History at the University of Leicester. He is author and editor of a number of books on the north-east region, including The Collier's Rant (1977), The Pitmen of the Northern Coalfield (1987), and, with Bill Lancaster, Geordies (1992) and Newcastle upon Tyne, a Modern History (2001). He has held senior fellowships with Fulbright and Leverhulme, and residential scholarships with St John's College Oxford, Yale University and the University of Dortmund.

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