Hudson The Picts

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-59832-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 280 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Peoples of Europe

The Picts is a survey of the historical and culturaldevelopments in northern Britain between AD 300 and AD 900.Discarding the popular view of the Picts as savages, they arerevealed to have been politically successful and culturallyadaptive members of the medieval European world.
* Re-interprets our definition of 'Pict' and providesa vivid depiction of their political and military organization
* Offers an up-to-date overview of Pictish life within theenvironment of northern Britain
* Explains how art such as the 'symbol stones' arehistorical records as well as evidence of creativeinspiration.
* Draws on a range of transnational and comparative scholarshipto place the Picts in their European context

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hudson, Benjamin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables vi
List of Lineages and Maps vii
Preface and Acknowledgments viii
Methodology x
Abbreviations xii
Introducing the Picts 1
1 Picts and Romans 15
2 Myth and Reality 40
3 The Early Middle Ages 57
4 People and Work 95
5 Spirituality 134
6 Art 162
7 Conquest and Obscurity 182
8 Literature and Remembrance 207
Conclusion 233
Select Bibliography 240
Index 255

Über Autor(innen)

Benjamin Hudson's books include Irish Sea Studies(2006), and Viking Pirates and Christian Princes(2005).