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 | ||
Somerset : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Hudson Benjamin | ||
Somerset : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Playing with things : the archaeology, anthropology and ethnography of human-object interactions in Atlantic Scotland / / Graeme Wilson |
Autore | Wilson Graeme |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (160 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 936.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Scotland
Play - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78969-076-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910467694603321 |
Wilson Graeme | ||
Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Playing with things : the archaeology, anthropology and ethnography of human-object interactions in Atlantic Scotland / / Graeme Wilson |
Autore | Wilson Graeme |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (160 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 936.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Scotland
Play - History |
ISBN | 1-78969-076-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910793722503321 |
Wilson Graeme | ||
Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Playing with things : the archaeology, anthropology and ethnography of human-object interactions in Atlantic Scotland / / Graeme Wilson |
Autore | Wilson Graeme |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (160 pages) : color illustrations |
Disciplina | 936.11 |
Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Scotland
Play - History |
ISBN | 1-78969-076-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827719303321 |
Wilson Graeme | ||
Oxford : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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