The Picts and the Scots [Hardcover]

Lloyd Laing (Author), Jennifer Laing (Author)

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Publication Date: February 1993

Origins of the Picts and their effect on Northern Britain.

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Lloyd Laing is a senior lecturer in archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Jenny Laing is a full time writer. Previous joint publications include Art of the Celts, Origins of Britain, Medieval Britain, The Age of Chivalry and Celtic Britain and Ireland. Jenny Laing's recent publications include Warriors of the Dark Ages and Art and Society in Roman Britain. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 172 pages
• Publisher: Sutton Pub Ltd; First English Edition edition (February 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0862998859
• ISBN-13: 978-0862998851
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,236,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Outdated, January 17, 2006

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This review is from: The Picts and the Scots (Hardcover)

In recent years there has been a great deal of work done on the Picts and the Scots, but you won't learn anything about that work here. There's nothing much wrong with the book, it is short and readable, but it is seriously outdated. The consensus of opinion on many questions has changed a great deal since the early 1990s, and much that was taken for granted is now rejected or questioned.

For a more up-to-date picture, the 2004 edition of Sally Foster's Picts, Gaels and Scots is worth considering.

13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent work on the Picts and Scots, November 6, 2002

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This review is from: The Picts and the Scots (Paperback)

excellent up-to-date work on the Picts and the Scots of ancient Scotland. For many centuries the Picts have remained shrouded in myth and legend for the only written records - their Pictish stones - have been undecipherable. In 1958 with the discovering of the St. Ninan's Isle Treasure, a new focus has been applied to interpreting what we know. Written record mostly comes from people viewing the Pictish Nation from the outside, which often leads to misunderstanding, if not exaggeration...possibly slander.
In this highly readable account, they present the latest archaeological discovers, and discusses how these two difference races co-existed and ultimately merged of a nation of one through the slaughter of the Pict royal houses. Again, that is the only slight aggravation (as with nearly all books on this Picts) is the ignoring the importance of this and how it was the foundation of the Scottish Highlands.

Otherwise, an excellent work full of photographs, with recommended reading, and is a must for anyone wanting to more about the two races that formed the spine of Scotland.