From Caledonia to Pictland : Scotland to 795 /
Shortlisted for the 2009 Saltire Society History Book of the Year From Caledonia to Pictland examines the transformation of Iron Age northern Britain into a land of Christian kingdoms, long before 'Scotland' came into existence. Perched at the edge of the western Roman Empire, northern Bri...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2009
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| Series: | New Edinburgh history of Scotland ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Fabulousness, Obscurity and Difficulty: narrative history to 795.
- Part 1: The Passing of Caledonia (69-597). New Nations: Caledonia from Cerialis to Caracalla ; The Later Roman Iron Age and the Origins of the Picts ; Uinniau, 'Ninian' and the Early Church in Scotland ; Word and Example: Columba in northern Britain ; Postscript: 'The Roman Interlude'.
- Part 2: The age of the kings of Bamburgh (576-692). High Lords of Princes: Áedán, Urbgen and Aeõilfrith, 576-616 ; Sighs of Sorrow: Iona and the kingdoms of northern Britain, 616-43 ; Emperor of All Britain: Oswy and his hegemony, 642-70 ; Bull of the North: Bridei son of Beli and fall of the Aeõilfrithings, 671-92 ; Postscript: Scotland and the Aeõilfrithing Legacy.
- Part 3: The Pictish project (692-789). League and Iron: Bridei son of Der-Ilei, Iona and Argyll, 692-707 ; Nations Reformed: Northumbria and Pictavia, 704-24 ; 'When Óengus Took Alba': despot, butcher and king, 728-61 ; Dragons in the Air: a doubtful generation, 761-89 ; Regime-Craft in Early Historic Northern Britain ; Postscript: Remote from the Roman Nation.
- Timeline
- Guide to Further Reading
- Bibliography.
