03435nam 2200733Ia 450 991096367970332120200520144314.0978661108919197807486721650748672168978128108919912810891929780748628216074862821510.1515/9780748628216(CKB)1000000000412094(EBL)320445(OCoLC)476117799(SSID)ssj0000158938(PQKBManifestationID)11151802(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158938(PQKBWorkID)10150255(PQKB)10420776(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092625(MiAaPQ)EBC320445(Au-PeEL)EBL320445(CaPaEBR)ebr10435238(CaONFJC)MIL108919(DE-B1597)616187(DE-B1597)9780748628216(OCoLC)1302166465(Perlego)1708835(EXLCZ)99100000000041209420070402d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFrom Pictland to Alba 789 - 1070 /Alex Woolf1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press20071 online resource (401 p.)New Edinburgh history of Scotland ;v. 2Description based upon print version of record.9780748612338 0748612335 Includes bibliographical references and index.COVER; COPYRIGHT; 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); Chapter 1: The Coming of the Vikings; Chapter 2: The Scaldingi and the Transformation of Northumbria; Chapter 3: Last Days of the Pictish Kingdom (839–89); Chapter 4: The Grandsons of Cinaed and the Grandsons of Ímar; Chapter 5: The Later Tenth Century: A Turmoil of Warring Princes; Chapter 6: The Fall of the House of Alpín and the Moray QuestionPART TWO: ProcessChapter 7: Scandinavian Scotland; Chapter 8: Pictavia to Albania; Table of Events; Guide to Further Reading; The Principal Medieval Chronicles used in this Volume; Bibliography; Index; In the 780s northern Britain was dominated by two great kingdoms; Pictavia, centred in north-eastern Scotland and Northumbria which straddled the modern Anglo-Scottish border. Within a hundred years both of these kingdoms had been thrown into chaos by the onslaught of the Vikings and within two hundred years they had become distant memories. This book charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the eighth and the eleventh centuries. Central to this narrative is the mysterious disappearance of the Picts and their language and the sudden rise to prominence ofNew Edinburgh history of Scotland ;v. 2.ScotlandHistoryTo 1057Alba (Kingdom)941.10115.70bclWoolf Alex1963-1813091MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910963679703321From Pictland to Alba4365857UNINA