Overview

This edited volume explores how (what is today) Scotland can be compared with, contrasted to, or was connected with other parts of Early Medieval Europe. Far from a ‘dark age’, Early Medieval Scotland (AD 300–900) was a crucible of different languages and cultures, the world of the Picts, Scots, Britons and Anglo-Saxons. Though long regarded as somehow peripheral to continental Europe, people in Early Medieval Scotland had mastered complex technologies and were part of sophisticated intellectual networks. This cross-disciplinary volume includes contributions focussing on archaeology, artefacts, art-history and history, and considers themes that connect Scotland with key processes and phenomena happening elsewhere in Europe. Topics explored include the transition from Iron Age to Early Medieval societies and the development of secular power centres, the Early Medieval intervention in prehistoric landscapes, and the management of resources necessary to build kingdoms.

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Author:   Alice E. Blackwell
Publisher:   Sidestone Press
Imprint:   Sidestone Press
ISBN:  

9789088907524

ISBN 10:   9088907528
Pages:   175
Publication Date:   15 May 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Alice Blackwell: Introduction Ewan Campbell: Peripheral vision: Scotland in Early Medieval Europe Sally M Foster: 'A bright crowd of chancels': whither early church archaeology in Scotland? Meggen Gondek & Gordon Noble: The 5-6th century Early Medieval Pictish power centre at Rhynie, north-east Scotland, and its European context Alice Blackwell & Martin Goldberg: Norrie's Law, Gaulcross and beyond: widening the context of hacksilver hoarding in Scotland Ewan Campbell, Stephen Driscoll, Meggen Gondek & Adrian Maldonado: An Early Medieval and prehistoric nexus: the Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot project Martin Carver: Political transition at Portmahomack: the European context Adrian Maldonado: Early Medieval burial in European context: log coffins in Scotland Martin Goldberg: Pictish adventus: Christian iconography and the ideology of lordship Alasdair Ross: Medieval European land assessment, Fortriu, and the dabhach Nicholas Evans: Ideas of origins and ethnicity in Early Medieval Scotland

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"""Scotland in Early Medieval Europe contains fresh research... its most helpful aspect (especially for non-archaeologists) is provision of an up-to-date bibliography.""-- ""Mediaevistik"""

Author Information

Dr. Alice Blackwell is a Curator of Medieval Archaeology and History at National Museums Scotland. For almost ten years she was the Glenmorangie Research Fellow at the museum, and has published on many aspects of early medieval material culture. Her doctoral research examined Anglo-Saxon material culture from Scotland.

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