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This is a study of the translation and reception of the Roman historian Livy in the sixteenth century in the British Isles. The thesis examines five major translations of Livy's history of Rome, the Ab Urbe Condita, into the English and Scottish vernaculars. The texts considered here span from the earliest extant translation of around 1533 to the first, full-scale translation published in 1600. By taking a broad view across the century, the thesis uncovers the multiple and versatile uses t...
Expand abstract - Grant:
- 1053838
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Copyright date:
- 2016
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'An ocean untouched and untried': translating Livy in the sixteenth century
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