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Fraser James E (James Earle) |
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Titolo |
From Caledonia to Pictland [[electronic resource] ] : Scotland to 795 / / James E. Fraser |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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0-7486-7215-X |
9786612058967 |
1-282-05896-7 |
0-7486-2820-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (449 p.) |
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Collana |
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New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Celts - Scotland |
Electronic books. |
Scotland History To 1057 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Copyright; Contents; Maps and Genealogical Tables; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Preface; Introduction Fabulousness, Obscurity and Difficulty: Narrative History to 795; Part One The Passing of Caledonia (69–597); Chapter 1 New Nations: Caledonia from Cerialis to Caracalla; Chapter 2 The Later Roman Iron Age and the Origins of the Picts; Chapter 3 Uinniau, 'Ninian' and the Early Church in Scotland; Chapter 4 Word and Example: Columba in Northern Britain; Postscript 'The Roman Interlude'; Part Two The Age of the Kings of Bamburgh (576–692) |
Chapter 5 High Lords of Princes: Áedán, Urbgen and Aeðilfrith (576–616)Chapter 6 Sighs of Sorrow: Iona and the Kingdoms of Northern Britain (616–43); Chapter 7 Emperor of All Britain: Oswy and his Hegemony (642–70); Chapter 8 Bull of the North: Bridei son of Beli and the Fall of the Aeðilfrithings (671–92); Postscript Scotland and the Aeðilfrithing Legacy; Part Three The Pictish Project (692–789); Chapter 9 League and Iron: Bridei son of Der-Ilei, Iona and |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From Caledonia to Pictland examines the transformation of Iron Age northern Britain into a land of Christian kingdoms, long before |
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