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1 online resource (384 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; v. 2
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New Edinburgh history of Scotland ; v. 2.
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| Contents |
PART 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. |
| Summary |
In 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Alba (Kingdom)
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Woolf, Alex, 1963- From Pictland to Alba. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2007 9780748612345 0748612343 (OCoLC)123113911 |
| ISBN |
9780748628216 (electronic book) |
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0748628215 (electronic book) |
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