The Picts
eBook - ePub

The Picts

A History

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  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Picts

A History

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About this book

A British historian explores the mysterious Scottish culture of the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages whose enigmatic symbols adorn standing stones. The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they lost their unique identity, their language and their vibrant artistic culture. Among their few surviving traces are standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols. The Pictish Stones offer some of the few remaining clues to the powerful and gifted people who bequeathed no chronicles to tell the sagas of their kings and heroes. In this book, Medieval historian Tim Clarkson pieces together the evidence to tell the story of this mysterious people from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual disappearance.

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Information

Publisher
Birlinn
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781780274034
eBook ISBN
9781907909030

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Genealogical Tables
  7. 1 A People Apart
  8. 2 Caledonia and Rome
  9. 3 The Painted People
  10. 4 Into the Sixth Century
  11. 5 Maelchon’s Son
  12. 6 Neighbours and Kinsmen
  13. 7 Brude and Ecgfrith
  14. 8 Reformers and Rivals
  15. 9 The Warlord
  16. 10 East and West
  17. 11 Twilight of the Picts
  18. 12 Legends and Legacies
  19. Appendix A Kings of the Picts
  20. Appendix B Pictish Timeline
  21. Appendix C Some Pictish Puzzles
  22. Places to Visit
  23. Further Reading
  24. Index
  25. List of Illustrations