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Picts

Picts

Scourge of Rome, Rulers of the North

by Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2023

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The mysterious and enigmatic Picts, who flourished in northern Scotland from c. 300 AD, have long been a subject of popular appeal.

Their intricately carved symbol stones, whose meaning has remained an enigma for well over a thousand years, offer a tantalising glimpse into the culture of a highly sophisticated society which defied the might of the Roman empire only to disappear at the end of the first millennium AD.

Yet historical sources are limited and there are few books on the Picts, and none that reflect the significant advances in our knowledge that have been made in the last ten years. This book redresses that balance. As well as including an historical overview of the Picts from the late Roman sources to the tenth century, it also covers kingship and elite culture, everyday life, burial traditions, pagan and Christian belief, art and crafting, and the end of Pictland during the Viking Age.

ISBN:
9781780277783
9781780277783
Category:
Ancient history: to c 500 CE
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Birlinn, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
246.38x189.23x25.4mm
Weight:
0.99kg
Gordon Noble

Gordon Noble is Senior Lecturer in Archaeology and Honorary Curatorial Fellow to the University Museums at the University of Aberdeen. He has also been director of the Rhynie Environs Archaeological Project.

He is author of a number of books, including Neolithic Scotland: Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire.

Nicholas Evans

Nicholas Evans is a Research Fellow working on the University of Aberdeen Comparative Kingship: the Early Medieval Kingdoms of Northern Britain and Ireland project, led by Gordon Noble.

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