PICTS GAELS & SCOTS REVISED: Early Historic Scotland (English Heritage) - Softcover

Foster, Sally M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0713488743 ISBN 13: 9780713488746

Publisher: Batsford Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

A fully updated and expanded edition of a classic text on early Scottish history. From the 5th to the 10th century, Scotland was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. At the heart of the mystery of how Scotland became a single unified country lies the extraordinary influence of the Picts and their neighbours, the Gaels, originally immigrants from Ireland. Sally Foster uses the latest archaeological discoveries and interpretations as well as developments in historical, art-historical and place-name studies to explain how the Picts and Gaels became Scots and forged a nation.

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Review:

'A remarkable book ... lucid, stimulating and penetrating' * Recent Writing on Scottish Archaeology * 'A well-balanced account . . . presenting received wisdom tempered with new views and evidence' * Early Medieval Europe * 'A delight to read and to look at' * The Countryman * 'One of the best books available on early historic Scotland' * Antiquaries Journal * 'Herald[s] a new stage in our understanding of early medieval Scotland' * Scottish Historical Review * 'An outstanding book: well written, comprehensive ... also provocative' * Current Archaeology *

About the Author:

Dr Sally Foster is an Inspector of Ancient Monuments with Historic Scotland, prior to which she was an Investigator with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. She is an Associate of the Institute of Field Archaeologists and author of a number of publications. She lives in Edinburgh.

About this edition

• Publisher: Batsford Ltd
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0713488743
• ISBN 13: 9780713488746
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128