From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070

Name: From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070
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ISBN: 9780748612345

ISBN-10: 0748612343

ISBN-13: 9780748612345

Edition: 2007

Authors: Alex Woolf

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During this period, Scotland first emerged on the stage of history. Beginning with the Christian kingdoms of Northumbria and Pictavia, which dominated northern Britain, Alex Woolf describes the collapse of the Old Order under the Vikings, the rise of Alba, the Gaelic-speaking kingdom, and first contact with the kingdom of England.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 10/26/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 9.10" wide x 6.10" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Maps and Genealogical Tables


Acknowledgements


General Editor's Preface


Note on Spelling and Pronunciation


Introduction: Land and People: Northern Britain in the Eighth Century



Events (789-1070)



The Coming of the Vikings



The Scaldingi and the Transformation of Northumbria



Last Days of the Pictish Kingdom (839-89)



The Grandsons of Cinaed and the Grandsons of Imar



The Later Tenth Century: A Turmoil of Warring Princes



The Fall of the House of Alpin and the Moray Question



Process



Scandinavian Scotland



Pictavia to Albania


Table of Events


Guide to Further Reading


The Principal Medieval Chronicles used in this Volume


Bibliography


Index