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The Picts : Picts
| The Picts : Picts |
| Autore | Hudson Benjamin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Somerset : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Disciplina | 936.11 |
| Collana | The Peoples of Europe Ser. |
| Soggetto topico | Picts - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781118598306
9781405186780 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- The Picts -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Lineages and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Methodology -- Abbreviations -- Introducing the Picts -- Pictones, a Diversion -- Historical Sources -- Questions and More Questions -- 1 Picts and Romans -- Before the Picts -- North and South -- The Picts Appear -- The Barbarian Conspiracy of AD 367 -- Late Fourth and Early Fifth Century -- Picts and the Last Days of Roman Britain -- St. Germanus and the Picts -- Summary -- 2 Myth and Reality -- Where were the Picts? -- Language -- Creating Legends -- Summary -- 3 The Early Middle Ages -- Immigrants and Natives -- Soldiers of Fortune -- News from the Picts -- Battle of Dun Nechtan -- Competition and Kingdoms -- Dynasty of Deirili -- Dynasty of Drostan -- Dynasty of Angus son of Fergus -- Summary -- 4 People and Work -- Kinds of People: Royalty and Aristocracy -- Succession to High Office -- Kinds of People: Commoners -- Earning a Living: Agriculture -- Arable farming -- Livestock -- Earning a Living: Trade and Industry -- Earning a Living: The Sea -- Summary -- 5 Spirituality -- Pre-Christian Belief -- Christianity -- Ninian: Apostle to the Southern Picts -- Columba: Apostle to the Northern Picts -- Saints and Missions -- Kings, Nobles, and the Church -- Summary -- 6 Art -- Rock Art -- Movable Art -- Summary -- 7 Conquest and Obscurity -- New Political Order -- Constantine Son of Fergus -- Vikings and the Collapse of the Pictish Kingdoms -- Union of Picts and Scots -- The Aftermath -- Summary -- 8 Literature and Remembrance -- Literature -- Remembrance -- Picts and Controversy -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795833803321 |
Hudson Benjamin
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| Somerset : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Picts : Picts
| The Picts : Picts |
| Autore | Hudson Benjamin |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Somerset : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 pages) |
| Disciplina | 936.11 |
| Collana | The Peoples of Europe Ser. |
| Soggetto topico | Picts - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9781118598306
9781405186780 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Intro -- The Picts -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Lineages and Maps -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Methodology -- Abbreviations -- Introducing the Picts -- Pictones, a Diversion -- Historical Sources -- Questions and More Questions -- 1 Picts and Romans -- Before the Picts -- North and South -- The Picts Appear -- The Barbarian Conspiracy of AD 367 -- Late Fourth and Early Fifth Century -- Picts and the Last Days of Roman Britain -- St. Germanus and the Picts -- Summary -- 2 Myth and Reality -- Where were the Picts? -- Language -- Creating Legends -- Summary -- 3 The Early Middle Ages -- Immigrants and Natives -- Soldiers of Fortune -- News from the Picts -- Battle of Dun Nechtan -- Competition and Kingdoms -- Dynasty of Deirili -- Dynasty of Drostan -- Dynasty of Angus son of Fergus -- Summary -- 4 People and Work -- Kinds of People: Royalty and Aristocracy -- Succession to High Office -- Kinds of People: Commoners -- Earning a Living: Agriculture -- Arable farming -- Livestock -- Earning a Living: Trade and Industry -- Earning a Living: The Sea -- Summary -- 5 Spirituality -- Pre-Christian Belief -- Christianity -- Ninian: Apostle to the Southern Picts -- Columba: Apostle to the Northern Picts -- Saints and Missions -- Kings, Nobles, and the Church -- Summary -- 6 Art -- Rock Art -- Movable Art -- Summary -- 7 Conquest and Obscurity -- New Political Order -- Constantine Son of Fergus -- Vikings and the Collapse of the Pictish Kingdoms -- Union of Picts and Scots -- The Aftermath -- Summary -- 8 Literature and Remembrance -- Literature -- Remembrance -- Picts and Controversy -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810313203321 |
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Hudson Benjamin
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| Somerset : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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