British & Irish History: C 500 To C 1000
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See also: History & Archaeology
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Add to BasketLand, Law And People In Medieval Scotland
£24.99
- Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
This book examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. -
Picts, Gaels And Scots
£9.99
- Paperback - John Donald
This is a comprehensive overview which brings to life the ancestors of the modern Scottish people. It examines the origins of the Picts and the Gaels, and how they became Scots and looks at society including the role of kingship, industry and religion. -
Add to BasketEarly Medieval Scotland: Individuals, Communities And Ideas
£30.00
- Hardback - NMS
This is the time after the Romans and before the Vikings, a period of history that used to be known by scholars as the 'Dark Age'. Much light has now been shed on it: although there is a lack of historical documentation archaeology has been provided new information - and it is astounding. -
Add to BasketArthur: A Conjectural History
£8.49
- Paperback - Luath
'King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table' is one of the world's greatest legends. Yet little is known of the truth behind the great story. This book enters the realm of conjectural history - the blurred middle ground between fact and fiction - to separate the fiction from the facts. -
Add to BasketFinding Merlin: The Truth Behind The Legend
£7.64
- Paperback - Mainstream
Adam Ardrey seeks to uncover the truth about Merlin, finding new evidence to suggest that he hailed from Scotland. The places where Merlin was born, lived, died and was buried are identified, as well as the people surrounding him, such as his nemesis Mungo and his friend Arthur. -
Add to BasketA New History Of The Picts
£7.64
- Paperback - Luath
This text presents a history of the Picts. New historical analysis, recently discovered evidence and an innovative Scottish perspective exposes long held assumptions about the native people. -
Add to BasketMacbeth: A True Story
£7.64
- Paperback - Quercus
Historian Fiona Watson releases the authentic historical Macbeth from the prison of literary and folkloric myth in this work relating the true story of the Scottish king. -
Add to BasketThe Men Of The North: The Britons Of Southern Scotland
£17.00
- Paperback - John Donald
Like the Picts and Vikings, the Bitons played an important role in the shaping of Scottish history during the first millennium AD but their story is often neglected or ignored. This book redresses the balance by studying the northern Britons from the departure of Rome to the birth of medieval Scotland. -
Add to BasketKings, Mormaers, Rebels: Early Scotland's Other Royal Family
£17.00
- Paperback - John Donald
The 'other royal family' of the subtitle is first noticed in the seventh century as the Cenél Loairn. 'Kings, Mormaers, Rebels' traces the story of the Cenél Loairn and its descendent kindreds through more than 600 years to throw an unfamiliar side-light on the emergence of the medieval kingdom of the Scots. -
A New History Of The Picts
£16.99
- Hardback - Luath
This text presents a history of the Picts. New historical analysis, recently discovered evidence and an innovative Scottish perspective exposes long held assumptions about the native people.














