by Belloc · Cluster: History · Catholicism · Europe
Abstract
A historical-topographical study (1907) of the River Thames, arguing that England was built upon the framework of her rivers and that the Thames, as highway, boundary and site of the first crossing at London Bridge, shaped the nation’s economic, military and political life. Belloc reads geography — fords, marshes, gravel spurs, parish boundaries — as the substrate of English history.
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Connections
Forms & Genres: History, Essay, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Nature, Natural Order, Tradition, Nature vs Civilization Motifs: River, Water, Grass Leaves of Grass Historical References: Roman History, Medieval England, Danish Invasions, William the Conqueror Settings: River Thames, London, Rural England, Oxford Topoi: Book of Nature