Benjamin Hudson

The Picts

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Picts offers a broad survey of the historical andcultural developments of the people of northern Britain between AD300 and AD 900. Dispelling the notion of the Picts as savages, theyare revealed to be both politically successful and one of the mostartistically sophisticated peoples of Europe.

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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

Produktdetails

• The Peoples of Europe
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781405186780
• ISBN-10: 140518678X
• Artikelnr.: 40134003

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Hudson's books include Irish Sea Studies (2006), and Viking Pirates and Christian Princes (2005).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures and Tables vi List of Lineages and Maps vii Preface and
Acknowledgments viii Methodology x Abbreviations xii Introducing the Picts
1 1 Picts and Romans 15 2 Myth and Reality 40 3 The Early Middle Ages 57 4
People and Work 95 5 Spirituality 134 6 Art 162 7 Conquest and Obscurity
182 8 Literature and Remembrance 207 Conclusion 233 Select Bibliography 240
Index 255