Warlords and Holy Men : : Scotland AD80-1000 / / Alfred Smyth.
Basing his work strongly on documentary and archaeological sources, Alfred Smyth covers traditional topics in a thoroughly unconventional manner.Winner of the 1985 Spring Book Award for Literature (Scottish Arts Council)
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©1989 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
Series: | New History of Scotland : NHS
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps -- Genealogical Tables -- Preface -- 1 'Men of the North': Britons in the Shadow of the Roman Wall -- 2 Picts: 'The Last Men on Earth, the Last of the Free' -- 3 Columba: Holy Man Extraordinary -- 4 The World of Adomnan: 'In the Midst of Ecclesiastical Cares' -- 5 Vikings: 'Warriors of the Western Sea' -- 6 'He Shall Preside over Alba as one Lord': The Birth of Medieval Scotland -- 7 'To the Rere-Cross on Stainmore': The Conquest of the Southern Uplands -- A Note on Further Reading -- Appendix: Chronology -- Index |
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Summary: | Basing his work strongly on documentary and archaeological sources, Alfred Smyth covers traditional topics in a thoroughly unconventional manner.Winner of the 1985 Spring Book Award for Literature (Scottish Arts Council) |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781474472739 9783110780475 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9781474472739 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Alfred Smyth. |