The Makers of Scotland : Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
Tim. Clarkson
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | New York : : Birlinn, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (401 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction; 1 BC to AD; 2 The Later Roman Period; 3 Britons, Picts and Scots; 4 Christian Beginnings; 5 Celt and Saxon; 6 The Struggle for Power; 7 The Northern Churches; 8 The Vikings; 9 Alba; 10 Kings and Bishops; 11 Overview: The Birth of Medieval Scotland; Appendix A: Genealogies; Appendix B: Timeline; Further Reading; Index; List of Illustrations. - During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were tribal chiefs, Roman generals or rulers of small kingdoms. Later, after the Romans departed, the initiative was seized by dynamic warrior-kings who campaigned far beyond their own borders. Armies of Picts, Scots, Vikings, Britons and Anglo-Saxons fought each other for supremacy. From Lothian to Orkney, from Fife to the Isle of Skye, fierce ba
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| ISBN | 9781906566296
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