LEADER 03435nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910963679703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786611089191 010 $a9780748672165 010 $a0748672168 010 $a9781281089199 010 $a1281089192 010 $a9780748628216 010 $a0748628215 024 7 $a10.1515/9780748628216 035 $a(CKB)1000000000412094 035 $a(EBL)320445 035 $a(OCoLC)476117799 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000158938 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11151802 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000158938 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10150255 035 $a(PQKB)10420776 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000092625 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC320445 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL320445 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10435238 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL108919 035 $a(DE-B1597)616187 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780748628216 035 $a(OCoLC)1302166465 035 $a(Perlego)1708835 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000412094 100 $a20070402d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom Pictland to Alba $e789 - 1070 /$fAlex Woolf 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (401 p.) 225 1 $aNew Edinburgh history of Scotland ;$vv. 2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780748612338 311 08$a0748612335 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOVER; 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 Question 327 $aPART 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; 330 $aIn the 780s northern Britain was dominated by two great kingdoms; Pictavia, centred in north-eastern Scotland and Northumbria which straddled the modern Anglo-Scottish border. Within a hundred years both of these kingdoms had been thrown into chaos by the onslaught of the Vikings and within two hundred years they had become distant memories. This book charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the eighth and the eleventh centuries. Central to this narrative is the mysterious disappearance of the Picts and their language and the sudden rise to prominence of 410 0$aNew Edinburgh history of Scotland ;$vv. 2. 607 $aScotland$xHistory$yTo 1057 607 $aAlba (Kingdom) 676 $a941.101 686 $a15.70$2bcl 700 $aWoolf$b Alex$f1963-$01813091 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910963679703321 996 $aFrom Pictland to Alba$94365857 997 $aUNINA