{"id":566,"date":"2015-07-08T13:06:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T12:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/numoocs\/?p=566"},"modified":"2021-09-15T18:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:01:43","slug":"writings-on-the-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/ltdev\/2015\/07\/08\/writings-on-the-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Writings on the Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

We asked some of the Wall experts you have met during the Hadrian’s Wall MOOC to each recommend 5 books on the topic. This is what they came up with. There is duplication and difference in their choices. You can suggest other books or add thoughts\/reviews on those below through the comments.<\/p>\n

\u00a0David Breeze:<\/h2>\n

1. S. Johnson, Hadrian’s Wall,<\/em> London 2004 \u00a0– offers a general introduction (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n2. D. J. Breeze and B. Dobson, Hadrian’s Wall<\/em>, London 2000 – This is the basic text book on the Wall
\n3. D. J. Breeze, J. Collinngwood Bruce’s Handbook to the Roman Wall<\/em>, 14th edition, Newcastle 2006 \u00a0– \u00a0this is a detailed guide-book to the Wall (available at www.achaeologyplus.co.uk<\/a> \u00a0and Amazon<\/a>\u00a0 – discounts available from archaeologyplus.co.uk to FutureLearn learners – if you contact them by email or phone)
\n4. P. Frodsham, Hadrian and His Wall, Newcastle 2013<\/em> – examines the relationship between the Wall and its builder (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n5. D. J. Breeze, The Frontiers of Imperial Rome<\/em>, Barnsley 2011 – places Hadrian’s Wall in its international context. (available on Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Frances McIntosh:<\/h2>\n

1. D. J. Breeze, 2006. J. Collinngwood Bruce’s Handbook to the Roman Wall<\/em>, 14th edition, Newcastle (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n2. D. J. Breeze and B. Dobson 2000. Hadrian’s Wall<\/em>, London
\n3. E. Birley 1961. Research on Hadrian’s Wall<\/em> (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n4. P. Bidwell (ed) 2008. Understanding Hadrian’s Wall, Arbeia Society (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n5. P. Hill 2006. The Construction of Hadrian’s Wall, Tempus (available on Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Lindsay Allason-Jones:<\/h2>\n

1. D. J. Breeze and B. Dobson 2000 (4th edition) Hadrian’s Wall<\/em>. Penguin
\n2. Richard Hingley 2012, Hadrian’s Wall: a Life<\/em>. OUP (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n3. W. F. Shannon 2007, Murus ille famosus (that famous wall): Depictions and Descriptions of Hadrian’s Wall before Camden<\/em>. C&W Tract Series XXII. Kendal (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n4. L. Allason-Jones 2005, Women in Roman Britain<\/em> (2nd ed.) CBA (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n5. L. Allason-Jones 2008, Daily Life in Roman Britain<\/em> (Greenwood World Publishing). (available on Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Rob Collins:<\/h2>\n

1. D. J. Breeze and B. Dobson 2000. Hadrian’s Wall<\/em>, 4th ed, London: Penguin
\n2. P. Bidwell (ed) 2008. Understanding Hadrian’s Wall<\/em>, Arbeia Society (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n3. N. Hodgson 2009. Hadrian’s Wall<\/em> 1999-2009, SANT & C&W (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n4. R. Collins. 2014. Hadrian’s Wall and the End of Empire<\/em>, Routledge (paperback ed – a bit of a vanity, but otherwise very little coverage of the most interesting late period of the Wall) (available on Amazon<\/a>)
\n5. S. Johnson 2004. Hadrian’s Wall<\/em>, London: History Press (available on Amazon<\/a>)<\/p>\n

We also have a\u00a0downloadable reading list (pdf)<\/a> of primary and secondary sources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We asked some of the Wall experts you have met during the Hadrian’s Wall MOOC to each recommend 5 books on the topic. This is what they came up with. There is duplication and difference in their choices. You can suggest other books or add thoughts\/reviews on those below through the comments. \u00a0David Breeze: 1. … <\/p>\n

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