- Publisher: Birlinn
- Year: 2013
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 196x128mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9781780271736
- Product code: 515893
The Makers of Scotland
Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
Tim Clarkson New Paperback Illustrated
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From the eve of the Roman invasion to the battle of Carham-on-Tweed in 1018, Tim Clarkson presents a narrative history of the lands north of the River Tweed and the Solway Firth and their early development into a single nation. The chronological account covers the various peoples at the beginnings of Scottish history – Romans, Britons, Picts and Scots, Celts, Saxons and Vikings – and the transition from pagan belief to Christianity.
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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.
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.
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From the eve of the Roman invasion to the battle of Carham-on-Tweed in 1018, Tim Clarkson presents a narrative history of the lands north of the River Tweed and the Solway Firth and their early development into a single nation. The chronological account covers the various peoples at the beginnings of Scottish history – Romans, Britons, Picts and Scots, Celts, Saxons and Vikings – and the transition from pagan belief to Christianity.
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