From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070
Woolf, Alex, 1963-2007
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This volume charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the middle of the eighth and the middle of the eleventh centuries. Central to this narrative is the mysterious disappearance of the Picts and their language and the sudden rise to prominence of the Gaelic-speaking Scots who replace them as the rulers of the North.
Main title:
From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070 / Alex Woolf.
Author:
Woolf, Alex, 1963-, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2007.
Collation:
xv, 384 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 360-369) and index.
Contents:
Maps and genealogical tables - - Acknowledgements - - General editor's preface - - Note on spelling and pronunciation - - Introduction - land and people: Northern Britain in the eighth century - - Part one: events (789-1070) - - The coming of the Vikings - - The Scaldingi and the transformation of Northumbria - - The last days of the Pictish Kingdom (839-89) - - The grandsons of Cinaed and the grandsons of Ímar - - The later tenth century: a turmoil of warring princes - - The fall of the House of Alpín and the Moray question - - Part two: process - - Scandinavian Scotland - - Pictavia to Albania - - Tables of events - - Guide to further reading - - The principal Medieval chronicles used in this volume - - Bibliography - - Index.
ISBN:
9780748612345 (pbk)0748612343 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.1'01941.01941.1941.101
Local class:
941.101936
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
435386
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