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From Caledonia to Pictland - Scotland to 795 (Paperback)
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From Caledonia to Pictland - Scotland to 795 (Paperback)
Series: New Edinburgh History of Scotland, v. 1
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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 Britain was not unaffected by the
experience, and became swept up in the great tide of processes
which gave rise to the early medieval West. Like other places, the
country experienced social and ethnic metamorphoses,
Christianisation, and colonization by dislocated outsiders, but
northern Britain also has its own unique story to tell in the first
eight centuries AD. This book is the first detailed political
history to treat these centuries as a single period, with due
regard for Scotland's position in the bigger story of late Antique
transition. From Caledonia to Pictland charts the complex and
shadowy processes which saw the familiar Picts, Northumbrians,
North Britons and Gaels of early Scottish history become
established in the country, the achievements of their foremost
political figures, and their ongoing links with the world around
them. It is a story that has become much revised through changing
trends in scholarly approaches to the challenging evidence, and
that transformation too is explained for the benefit of students
and general readers. Key Features: *The only detailed political
history to treat the first eight centuries AD as a single period of
Scottish history. *Redresses the imbalance created by an existing
literature dominated by archaeologists. From Caledonia to Pictland
provides a narrative history of the period. *Bridges a traditional
disciplinary divide between the Roman and early medieval periods.
*Locates this phase of Scotland's history within a European
context, emphasising what is unique and what is not.
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