Name: The Land of the White Horse
SKU: 67023780
Price: 9534.00 CRC
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Author: David Miles
ISBN: 9780500299210

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Thames and Hudson

Autor

David Miles

Año

2026

N° páginas

304

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

19.8x12.9 cm

ISBN13

9780500299210

The Land of the White Horse

David Miles (Autor) · Thames and Hudson · Tapa Blanda

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An in-depth cultural and archaeological history of one of England's great ancient monuments: the White Horse at Uffington. The White Horse at Uffington is an icon of the English landscape – a sleek, almost abstract figure 120 yards long which was carved into the green turf of the spectacular chalk scarp of the North Wessex Downs in the early first millennium BC. For centuries antiquarians, travellers and local people speculated about the age of the Horse, who created it and why. Was it a memorial to King Alfred the Great’s victory over the heathen Danes, an emblem of the first Anglo-Saxon settlers or a prehistoric banner, announcing the territory of a British tribe? Or was the Horse an actor in an elaborate prehistoric ritual, drawing the sun across the sky? The rich history of this ancient figure and its surroundings can help us understand how people have created and lived in the Downland landscape, which has inspired artists, poets and writers including Eric Ravilious, John Betjeman and J.R.R. Tolkien. The White Horse itself is most remarkable because it is still here. People have cared for it and curated it for centuries, even millennia. In that time the meaning of the Horse has changed, yet it has remained a symbol of continuity and is a myth for modern times.