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Author | : Stuart McHardy |
Publisher | : Luath Press Ltd |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2020-04-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1912387816 |
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Stuart McHardy examines the Pictish symbols which have been discovered on various items across Scotland. The book sets out a cohesive interpretation of the Pictish past, using a variety of both temporal and geographical sources. This interpretation serves as a backdrop for his analysis of the symbols themselves, providing a context for his suggestion that there was an underlying series of ideas and beliefs behind the creation of the symbols.
Author | : Iain Fraser |
Publisher | : Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Wales |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Stuart McHardy |
Publisher | : Luath Press Ltd |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2020-04-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1912387808 |
Download A New History of the Picts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
When the Romans came north to what is now modern Scotland they encountered the fierce and proud warrior society known as the Picts, who despite their lack of discipline and arms, managed to prevent the undefeated Roman Army from conquering the northern part of Britain, just as they later repulsed the Angles and the Vikings.A New History of the Picts is an accessible true history of the Picts, who are so often misunderstood. New historical analysis, recently discovered evidence and an innovative Scottish perspective will expose long held assumptions about the native people.This controversial text contests that Scottish history has long since been dominated and distorted by misleading perspectives. A New History of the Picts discredits the idea that the Picts were a strange historical anomaly and shows them to be the descendants of the original inhabitants of the land, living in a series of loose tribal confederations gradually brought together by external forces to create one of the earliest states in Europe: a people, who after repulsing all invaders, merged with their cousins, the Scots of Argyll, to create modern Scotland. All of Scotland descends from the fierce Picts.
Author | : W. A. Cummins |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780752452395 |
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The Picts, the most powerful group in northern Britain for some 500 years, mysteriously disappeared from contemporary records in the 9th century. All that remains of their language are fragments in the names of places and people, along with symbols carved on monuments and cave walls. This book explains these symbols.
Author | : Tim Clarkson |
Publisher | : Birlinn |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2012-09-28 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1907909036 |
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The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they lost their unique identity, their language and their vibrant artistic culture. Amongst their few surviving traces are standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols - vivid memorials of a powerful and gifted people who bequeathed no chronicles to tell their story, no sagas to describe the deed of their kings and heroes. In this book Tim Clarkson pieces together the evidence to tell the story of this mysterious people from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual disappearance.
Author | : Iain Fraser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Art, Pictish |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Gordon Noble |
Publisher | : Birlinn Ltd |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2019-05-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1788851935 |
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Some years ago a revolution took place in Early Medieval history in Scotland. The Pictish heartland of Fortriu, previously thought to be centred on Perthshire and the Tay found itself relocated through the forensic work of Alex Woolf to the shores of the Moray Firth. The implications for our understanding of this period and for the formation of Scotland are unprecedented and still being worked through. This is the first account of this northern heartland of Pictavia for a more general audience to take in the full implications of this and of the substantial recent archaeological work that has been undertaken in recent years. Part of the The Northern Picts project at Aberdeen University, this book represents an exciting cross disciplinary approach to the study of this still too little understood yet formative period in Scotland's history.
Author | : Anthony Jackson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Art, Pictish |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George Henderson |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2011-09-20 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0500289638 |
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“A major study of the art of the Picts.” —Library Journal Drawing on their extensive research and expertise, renowned historians George and Isabel Henderson illuminate one of the great enigmas of medieval art: the unique metalwork and sculpture of the Picts. Tribal Celtic-speaking warriors and farmers in what is now Scotland, the Picts were one of the major peoples of early medieval Britain, but their culture and their beautiful art have puzzled historians for centuries. George and Isabel Henderson’s acute analysis reveals an art form that both interacted with the currents of “Insular” art and was produced by a sophisticated society capable of sustaining large-scale art programs. The illustrations include specially commissioned drawings that help one understand the mysterious symbols found in the art.
Author | : George Bain |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2013-07-24 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0486317447 |
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This unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kellstype initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. Features over 500 illustrations.