Vikings In Scotland

Author : James Graham-Campbell
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781474468626

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Vikings in Scotland by James Graham-Campbell Pdf

1.Scotland Before the Vikings --2.Norwegian Background --3.Sources for Scandinavian Scotland --4.Regional Survey Part I: Northern Scotland --5.Regional Survey Part II: the West Highlands and Islands --6.Regional Survey Part III: South-West, Central, Eastern and Southern Scotland --7.Pagan Norse Graves Part I: Case Studies --8.Pagan Norse Graves Part II: Interpretation --9.Viking Period Settlements --10.Late Norse Settlements --11.Norse Economy --12.Silver and Gold --13.Earls and Bishops.

Author : Anna Ritchie
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Civilization, Medieval
ISBN : UOM:39015040640933

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Viking Scotland by Anna Ritchie Pdf

Scotland is very rich in the remains and evidence of the Vikings. Using all the sources available - historical, archaeological and linguistic - this book explores this heritage and studies, in detail, the story of the Vikings in Scotland, beginning with the situation in Scotland before they arrived and concluding with the longer term effects of Norse settlement.

Author : Tim Clarkson
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907909016

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The Makers of Scotland by Tim Clarkson Pdf

During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were tribal chiefs, Roman generals or rulers of small kingdoms. Later, after the Romans departed, the initiative was seized by dynamic warrior-kings who campaigned far beyond their own borders. Armies of Picts, Scots, Vikings, Britons and Anglo-Saxons fought each other for supremacy. From Lothian to Orkney, from Fife to the Isle of Skye, fierce battles were won and lost. By AD 1000 the political situation had changed for ever. Led by a dynasty of Gaelic-speaking kings the Picts and Scots began to forge a single, unified nation which transcended past enmities. In this book the remarkable story of how ancient North Britain became the medieval kingdom of Scotland is told.

Author : Alan Macniven
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781788853699

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The Vikings in Islay by Alan Macniven Pdf

The Hebridean island of Islay is well-known for its whisky, its wildlife and its association with the MacDonald Lords of the Isles. There would seem to be little reason to dwell on its fate at the hands of marauding Northmen during the Viking Age. Despite a pivotal location on the 'sea road' from Norway to Ireland, there are no convincing records of the Vikings ever having been there. In recent years, historians have been keen to marginalise the island's Viking experience, choosing instead to focus on the enduring stability of native Celtic culture, and tracing the island's modern Gaelic traditions back in an unbroken chain to the dawn of the Christian era. However, the foundations of this presumption are flawed. With no written accounts to go by, the real story of Islay's Viking Age has to be read from another type of source material - the silent witness of the names of local places. The Vikings in Islay presents a systematic review of around 240 of the island's farm and nature names. The conclusions drawn turn traditional assumptions on their head. The romance of Islay's names, it seems, masks a harrowing tale of invasion, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.

Author : Martin Goldberg,Mary Davis (Conservator),National museums of Scotland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Galloway (Scotland)
ISBN : 1910682403

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The Galloway Hoard by Martin Goldberg,Mary Davis (Conservator),National museums of Scotland Pdf

A cache of over 100 gold, silver and other items, the richest collection of rare and unique Viking-age objects ever found in Britain or Ireland, was unearthed by a metal detectorist in 2014. A large fundraising campaign ensured that what has come to be known as 'the Galloway Hoard' was saved for the nation. Having lain undiscovered since the beginning of the 10th century, it now provides an extremely rare opportunity to research and reveal many lost aspects of the Viking Age. There is a chance to see the treasure at the National Museum of Scotland 18 February - 18 October 21. The exhibition will subsequently go on tour to Kirkcudbright, Aberdeen and Dundee.The accompanying book places the hoard in a wider historical context and showcases the conservation and research work currently being undertaken to understand the hoard and its secrets. Exhibition: National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK (29.05.-12.09.2021) / Kirkcudbright Galleries, UK (10.2021) / Aberdeen Archives, UK (2022).

Author : B. E. Crawford
Publisher : Leicester University
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015012994649

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Scandinavian Scotland by B. E. Crawford Pdf

This study brings within its scope all those areas of present-day Scotland (and the Isle of Man) influenced by Scandinavian peoples, whether Norwegian, Danish or Irish-Norse, from the beginning of the Viking raids to the death of the great earl of Orkney, Thorfinn 'the Mighty' (c. 1065). A maritime realm with no territorial unity, this area ranges from the Orkney and Shetland Islands across northern Scotland and down the Hebrides to the Irish Sea, and it came under lasting, and in some areas permanent, influence from Viking raids and Norse settlement.

Author : Anders Winroth
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691169293

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The Age of the Vikings by Anders Winroth Pdf

A major reassessment of the vikings and their legacy The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships to explore. The Age of the Vikings tells the full story of this exciting period in history. Drawing on a wealth of written, visual, and archaeological evidence, Anders Winroth captures the innovation and pure daring of the Vikings without glossing over their destructive heritage. He not only explains the Viking attacks, but also looks at Viking endeavors in commerce, politics, discovery, and colonization, and reveals how Viking arts, literature, and religious thought evolved in ways unequaled in the rest of Europe. The Age of the Vikings sheds new light on the complex society, culture, and legacy of these legendary seafarers.

Author : Tim Clarkson
Publisher : Birlinn
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907909252

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Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age by Tim Clarkson Pdf

This book traces the history of relations between the kingdom of Strathclyde and Anglo-Saxon England in the Viking period of the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. It puts the spotlight on the North Britons or 'Cumbrians', an ancient people whose kings ruled from a power-base at Govan on the western side of present-day Glasgow. In the tenth century, these kings extended their rule southward from Clydesdale to the southern shore of the Solway Firth, bringing their language and culture to a region that had been in English hands for more than two hundred years. They played a key role in many of the great political events of the time, whether leading their armies in battle or forging treaties to preserve a fragile peace. Their extensive realm, which was also known as 'Cumbria', was eventually conquered by the Scots, but is still remembered today in the name of an English county. How this county acquired the name of a long-vanished kingdom centred on the River Clyde is one of the topics covered in this book.It is part of a wider history that forms an important chapter in the story of how England and Scotland emerged from the early medieval period or 'Dark Ages' as the countries we know today.

Author : Richard Dargie
Publisher : Hodder Wayland
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Scotland
ISBN : 0750215704

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The Vikings in Scotland by Richard Dargie Pdf

Looks at Viking life in Scotland, discussing their traditions, daily life, religion, seafaring skills and fighting habits, as well as showing how some Norse links still survive in Scotland today. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004280359

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The Lordship of the Isles by Anonim Pdf

In The Lordship of the Isles, twelve specialists open new perspectives on the rise and fall of the MacDonalds of Islay and the politics, culture and society of the greatest Gaelic lordship of later medieval Scotland.

Author : Frances Jarvie,Gordon Jarvie,Fhiona Galloway
Publisher : Scotties
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Scotland
ISBN : 190526710X

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Scotland's Vikings by Frances Jarvie,Gordon Jarvie,Fhiona Galloway Pdf

'Scottish Vikings' tells their story from blood-curdling and violent beginnings to the end of Norse power in 1469. Follow the Vikings as they settled in large areas of the north and west of Scotland.

Author : Anna Ritchie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Historic sites
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030041636244

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Invaders of Scotland by Anna Ritchie Pdf

Author : Alexander Fenton,Hermann Pálsson
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000005580183

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The Northern and Western Isles in the Viking World by Alexander Fenton,Hermann Pálsson Pdf

Om Orkney- og Shetlandsøerne, Færøerne og Island.

Author : James Graham-Campbell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015034522642

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The Viking-age Gold and Silver of Scotland (AD 850-1100) by James Graham-Campbell Pdf

First documentation in stunning catalogue of all gold and silver boards and ornaments of the Scandanavian type - rings, broaches, as well as numismatic evidence.

Author : Brian Chaplin,Eric Simpson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Civilization
ISBN : 0550755357

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The Way it was by Brian Chaplin,Eric Simpson Pdf