Pictish Sourcebook: Documents of Medieval Legend and Dark Age History [Hardcover]

J. M. P. Calise (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 30, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0313322953 | ISBN-13: 978-0313322952

Edited and translated Medieval texts related to the Picts and Dark Age Scotland have been compiled for the first time in this one volume collection. Recorded texts include Pictish Origin Legends written in Medieval Irish and Pictish and Scottish Regnal Lists, many of which have never previously been edited. Students and scholars will also find appendices containing lists, tables, and charts of supplemental information related to the Picts. Dictionaries of 500 personal, place, and population names associated with the Picts provide further innovative analysis of these texts. Calise has compiled a useful tool which allows scholars and students to compare and contrast the content of these texts in one handy reference book. There are no written documents attributable to the Picts, leaving their history to be created mainly by non-Picts. This refence work is an attempt to find historical truths within the mythological with the use of the available Medieval documentary sources.

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Language Notes

Text: English (translation)

About the Author

J. M. P. CALISE is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland and has an interest in all aspects of medieval cultures and history with a special emphasis on the Dark Ages and arms and armor.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 376 pages
• Publisher: Greenwood Press (August 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313322953
• ISBN-13: 978-0313322952
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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