The work of the Latin writers of Scotland has suffered a neglect which its variety, copiousness, and intrinsic interest do not deserve. Their importance, and the importance of Latin as a literary language, is beginning to be recognized by scholars. Researchers from the universit…
"Art, Community and Environment investigates wide-ranging issues raised by the interaction between art practice, community participation, and the environment, both natural and urban. This volume brings together a distinguished group of contributors from the United Kingdom, Austr…
From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070
by Woolf, Alex
fromThe new Edinburgh history of Scotland
From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070
by Woolf, Alex
fromThe new Edinburgh history of Scotland
This volume charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the middle of the eighth and the middle of the eleventh centuries.
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 Viking…
