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Part of the book: Engaging with Troy

Edited by Francesca Rayner and Janice Valls-Russell

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Abstract.  Troia Britanica: or, Great Britaines Troy (1609) is an artful blend of classical and medieval sources in support of the popular belief that Britain was founded by Aeneas’s great-grandson Brutus. This was an idea emphasised in Jacobean civic ceremonies, and seen as both patriotic in general and supportive of Stuart rule. Heywood’s Troy is a mercantilist city, drawing on wealth from the mining industry, and the Troia Britanica not only presents London as a new Troy, but also Troy as an old London.

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