David Wright, M.A., Ph.D., F.S.A., F.S.G.

  • Welcome
  • Services
  • About
  • Publications
  • Talks & Teaching
  • Blog
  • Kent Probate Indexes
  • Resources
  • Welcome
  • Services
  • About
  • Publications
  • Talks & Teaching
  • Blog
  • Kent Probate Indexes
  • Resources

Between The Lines

Latest Review on my book on Bryan Faussett

10/2/2016

0 Comments

 

British Archaeology. March / April Issue 2016.Reviewer: Sam Lucy

Picture
This is very much a biography, but sections of it will hold considerable interest for archaeologists, particularly those with an interest in the early medieval period. Bryan Faussett (1720-76) was clearly a complex man with many antiquarian interests. He is famed for his excavations of Anglo-Saxon cemeteries in Kent (though he famously interpreted them as the burials of “Britons Romanized” or ‘Romans Britonized”), later published by Charles Roach Smith as the Inventorium Sepulchrale of 1856. This book is based on thorough research using a variety of sources including Faussett’s personal correspondence and household records, and is fascinating for providing detailed context for this period of the history of archaeology. The chapter on Anglo-Saxon death and burial is rather outdated in its approach, and was probably not needed, but this should not be allowed to detract from the value of the book as a whole.


Read More on Reviews
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

Welcome
Services
W. Somner
​About
Blog
Genealogy
Intestacy
Research
Palaeography
Stamps
Speaking Dates
Topics for Talks
Booking Enquiries

Kent Probate Indexes
Indexes ACC
Indexes PCC
Publications
​
Kent Ancestors
Bryan Faussett
Other Pubtns
Other Articles
Lay Preacher
History of St Peter's
Resources
Privacy Policy
Enquiry


Get In Touch
Enquiry
Picture

Spectral Mirror Web Design  |  Support Log In
Copyright 2021 © All rights reserved