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Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 015216359X
Hardcover published in 1999
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0606250263
While visiting relatives in Scotland, three children come to the aid of a refugee from the distant past, a young Pict girl escaping a massacre of her people.
Author : Clayton N. Donoghue
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781460292907
Once the dominant culture in the northern reaches of the British Isles, the Picts, renowned for the blue tattoos that gave them their name, were known as a formidable enemy by the armies of Roman Emperor Severus. Their prominence rose as early as 350 BC and continued until at least AD 900. Then, 1,100 years ago, they vanished from history. Although many consider them the predecessors of modern Scots, little is known about them outside of limited archaeological artefacts and mentions of them left by the Romans. In this thorough and compelling exploration of extant historical sources, we finally have a clearer picture of this enigmatic people. Clayton N. Donoghue argues that much of what we consider culturally Scottish actually has its roots in the Picts, and that they had a more dynamic and rich culture than previously thought. This book fills in the gaps and helps to paint a clearer picture of a people that the Romans considered ferocious savages living in a desolate and frozen waste land. As we now know, this couldn’t be further from the truth.
Author : Tim Clarkson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907909030
A British historian explores the mysterious Scottish culture of the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages whose enigmatic symbols adorn standing stones. The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their historical importance, they remain shrouded in myth and misconception. Absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots in the ninth century, they lost their unique identity, their language and their vibrant artistic culture. Among their few surviving traces are standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols. The Pictish Stones offer some of the few remaining clues to the powerful and gifted people who bequeathed no chronicles to tell the sagas of their kings and heroes. In this book, Medieval historian Tim Clarkson pieces together the evidence to tell the story of this mysterious people from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual disappearance.
Author : Benjamin Hudson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118598320
The Picts is a survey of the historical and cultural developments in northern Britain between AD 300 and AD 900. Discarding the popular view of the Picts as savages, they are revealed to have been politically successful and culturally adaptive members of the medieval European world. Re-interprets our definition of ‘Pict’ and provides a vivid depiction of their political and military organization Offers an up-to-date overview of Pictish life within the environment of northern Britain Explains how art such as the ‘symbol stones’ are historical records as well as evidence of creative inspiration. Draws on a range of transnational and comparative scholarship to place the Picts in their European context
Author : Jane Yolen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0152163654
Three children visiting relatives in Scotland become involved in the plans of a diabolical wizard.
Author : William Forbes Skene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Scotland
ISBN : HARVARD:HXEZ7X
Author : William Forbes Skene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Scotland
ISBN : IND:32000001861493
Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-05-10T22:59:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798822505803
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The modern visitor to the Highland areas of Scotland encounters the Picts through their spectacular artistic legacy. They made their first appearance in the historical record in the third century, when their raiding activities troubled the authorities of Roman Britain. They vanished from the pages of history in the eighth century. #2 The king-list is a source of data for the early history of Scotland, but it is also a valuable contemporary source on the Picts. It dates back to the eighth century, and its oldest surviving manuscript is a product of some six centuries later. #3 The Irish annals are the most useful Celtic sources for learning about the Picts. They are a group of texts whose creators noted historical events as brief entries in a year-by-year format. The Iona Chronicle, a copy of which was taken to Ireland, was incorporated into the Irish annals. #4 Other sources are more esoteric and include legendary material presented as genuine history. The Prophecy of Berchan, for example, is a king-list which gives for each monarch his reign-length, his place of death, and other information.
Author : Anne Rodwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Scotland
ISBN : BL:A0020087927
Author : Maggie Davis
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781497613652
“A gritty story of a Scot’s lass . . . who will let no man break her pride . . . A historical work of great depth, texture and attention to detail” (AllReaders.com). Doireann is the proud daughter of a Scottish chieftan, her beauty renowned through the land of her father, and yet she chose to remain unbound and alone, free from submitting to the desires of any man. As the tides of war and pillage reach her homeland, she finds herself sold into the hands of the fearsome Viking pirate Thorsten, the wild leader of the frenzied Norse Bear Cult. She must survive the humiliation of being Thorsten’s woman, through pagan rituals and violent battles, as only her pride keeps her from submitting to his passion . . .
Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : Wordsworth Editions
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1840220570
The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the boy foundling adopted by a family of wolves, Shere Khan the tiger, Bagheera the black panther and Baloo the sleepy brown bear. How did the Leopard get his spots? How did the Elephant get his trunk? In Just So Stories Kipling wittily supplies the answers to these and other questions. Puck of Pook's Hill relates how Dan and Una's magical meeting with Puck, the last of the People of the Hills, leads to their adventures with Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings... And later, in Rewards and Fairies, the three meet an array of characters ranging from Iron Age warriors to 'Good Queen Bess' and Sir Francis Drake. In Kipling's rattling school yarn Stalky & Co, Stalky, M'Turk and the Beetle are a trio of scallywags with a keen desire to break the rules, their unruly activities give the stories an enduring appeal to all children - especially those who have ever wilted beneath the stern glance of a peevish schoolmaster. Kipling's wry, sometimes tongue-in-cheek style will delight and entertain young readers while adults throughout the world will remember his stories with affection.
Author : Peter Linehan,Janet L. Nelson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 770 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136500121
This groundbreaking collection brings the Middle Ages to life and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing period. Thirty-eight scholars bring together one medieval world from many disparate worlds, from Connacht to Constantinople and from Tynemouth to Timbuktu. This extraordinary set of reconstructions presents the reader with a vivid re-drawing of the medieval past, offering fresh appraisals of the evidence and modern historical writing. Chapters are thematically linked in four sections: identities beliefs, social values and symbolic order power and power-structures elites, organizations and groups. Packed full of original scholarship, The Medieval World is essential reading for anyone studying medieval history.
Author : Paul Wagner,Angus Konstam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002420
First mentioned by name in AD 297, the Picts inhabited Northern Britain from the end of the 3rd century AD to the 9th. They rose to power in the devastation following Emperor Septimus Severus's repression of the Caledonians in AD 208, and dominated Northern Britain for over 500 years, before vanishing mysteriously. The Picts represent a high point of Celtic civilisation, remaining free and unconquered beyond the borders of the Roman world, and rising to become the first barbarians to form a recognisable 'nation'. This title takes a detailed look at their origins, and examines Pictish heroic and warrior society, covering education and training, appearance and equipment, the status of women, and the experience of battle.
Author : Clayton N. Donoghue
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08
Category : Celts
ISBN : 9781460219652
Despite all the books that have been written on the Celts there is still new material to learn about these mysterious people who lived in Europe 2,000 years ago. In this book you will see for yourself just how much there is to discover. It is written in an easy, light manner that anyone can enjoy and is short enough that it won't take long to get through. The objective of this story is to provide a fresh perspective and to dispell some old beliefs; especially in areas like the Druids. They were not that bizarre as many have come to believe. Sit back and be pleasantly surprised....
