From Caledonia to Pictland : Scotland to 795 / / James E. Fraser

• Autore: Fraser James E (James Earle)
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (449 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.101
• Soggetto topico: Celts - Scotland
• Soggetto geografico: Scotland History To 1057
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: From Caledonia to Pictland examines the transformation of Iron Age northern Britain into a land of Christian kingdoms, long before 'Scotland' came into existence. Perched at the edge of the western Roman Empire, northern Britain was not unaffected by the experience, and became swept up in the great tide of processes which gave rise to the early medieval West. Like other places, the country experienced social and ethnic metamorphoses, Christianisation, and colonization by dislocated outsiders, but northern Britain also has its own unique story to tell in the first eight centuries AD. This book
• Titolo autorizzato: From Caledonia to Pictland
• ISBN: 0-7486-7215-X; 9786612058967; 1-282-05896-7; 0-7486-2820-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806127703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; ; v. 1.