During this period, Scotland first emerged on the stage of history. Beginning with the Christian kingdoms of Northumbria and Pictavia, which dominated northern Britain, Alex Woolf describes the collapse of the Old Order under the Vikings, the rise of Alba, the Gaelic-speaking kingdom, and first contact with the kingdom of England.
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(Alasdair Ross H-Albion Vol 31, 2007)A detailed study of a critical period in Scottish history... Woolf's engaging style makes this a highly readable work... Highly recommended.
(Choice )A solid work of scholarship, full of critical information presented in a... readable style.
(Scotia )About the Author
Alex Woolf is lecturer in Scottish history, University of St Andrews.
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This review is from: From Pictland to Alba: Scotland, 789-1070 (New Edinburgh History of Scotland) (Paperback)
This book is a fantastic introduction to the cultural, political and historical environment in Alba during the early Middle Ages. Woolf has a great capability to engage the reader in the narrative and help them come to their own conclusions. For Scottish medieval historians, this is a must.
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Not For the Faint of Heart,
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This review is from: From Pictland to Alba: Scotland, 789-1070 (New Edinburgh History of Scotland) (Paperback)
This book is an excellent study of early Scottish history. Of course it actually begins before it even became Scotland but it does explain how that came about. Not a book for someone who wants to "find their clan" but for those who want to really know where our people came from.
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Mael Coluim, Dál Riata, Annals of Ulster, West Saxon, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Historia de Sancto Cuthberto, Old English, Irish Sea, Historia Regum Anglorum, Mael Brigte, Viking Age, Symeon of Durham, Annales Cambriae, Old Norse, Chronicle of the Kings, Pictish British, Libellus de Exordio, Scottish Historical Review, Western Isles, Roger of Wendover, Gilla Comgáin, Innse Gall, Isle of Man, Mael Muire, Cenél Conaill Browse Sample Pages:
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