The Picts
A History
Published on 28. September 2012
256 pages
978-1-907909-03-0 (ISBN)
Description
Discover the true story of the ancient Picts.
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. Amongst their few surviving traces are standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols - vivid memorials of a powerful and gifted people who bequeathed no chronicles to tell their story, no sagas to describe the deed of their kings and heroes.
In this book 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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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 Plates, color
File size
6,82 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-907909-03-0 (9781907909030)
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09/2010
John Donald Short Run Press
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Person
Tim Clarkson gained a PhD in medieval history (2003) from the University of Manchester. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and a member of the editorial board of the Heroic Age online journal. He is the author many books on medieval history including Scotland's Merlin, The Picts: A History, The Makers of Scotland and Aethelflaed: Lady of the Mercians.
Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Genealogical Tables
- 1 A People Apart
- 2 Caledonia and Rome
- 3 The Painted People
- 4 Into the Sixth Century
- 5 Maelchon's Son
- 6 Neighbours and Kinsmen
- 7 Brude and Ecgfrith
- 8 Reformers and Rivals
- 9 The Warlord
- 10 East and West
- 11 Twilight of the Picts
- 12 Legends and Legacies
- Appendix A Kings of the Picts
- Appendix B Pictish Timeline
- Appendix C Some Pictish Puzzles
- Places to Visit
- Further Reading
- Index
- List of Illustrations
