Awards
- Short-listed for Current Archaeology Book of the Year Award 2024
- Short-listed for EAA Book Prize 2023
Overview
The mysterious and enigmatic Picts, who flourished in northern Scotland from c. 300 AD, have long been a subject of popular appeal. Their intricately carved symbol stones, whose meaning has remained an enigma for well over a thousand years, offer a tantalising glimpse into the culture of a highly sophisticated society which defied the might of the Roman empire only to disappear at the end of the first millennium AD. Yet historical sources are limited and there are few books on the Picts, and none that reflect the significant advances in our knowledge that have been made in the last ten years. This book redresses that balance. As well as including an historical overview of the Picts from the late Roman sources to the tenth century, it also covers kingship and elite culture, everyday life, burial traditions, pagan and Christian belief, art and crafting, and the end of Pictland during the Viking Age.
Full Product Details
Author: Gordon Noble ,
Nicholas Evans
Publisher: Birlinn General
Imprint: Birlinn Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 18.90cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 24.60cm
Weight: 0.995kg
ISBN: 9781780277783
ISBN 10: 1780277784
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 03 November 2022
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
'An impressive book that brings together between its covers pretty much all that is currently known about its elusive and enigmatic subject' * Undiscovered Scotland * 'A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated volume' -- Roger Hutchinson * West Highland Free Press * 'Both archaeologically and historically rich and provides an entirely new synthesis and viewpoint on a critical era of Scotland's history' -- Dawn Renton * Deeside Piper and Herald *
'An impressive book that brings together between its covers pretty much all that is currently known about its elusive and enigmatic subject' * Undiscovered Scotland *
Author Information
Gordon Noble is Senior Lecturer in Archaeologyand Honorary Curatorial Fellowto the University Museums atthe University of Aberdeen. Hehas also been director of the RhynieEnvirons Archaeological Project. He is author of a number of books, including NeolithicScotland: Timber, Stone, Earth and Fire. Nicholas Evans is a Research Fellow working on the University of Aberdeen Comparative Kingship: the Early Medieval Kingdoms of Northern Britain and Ireland project, led by Gordon Noble.
