Scotland in early medieval Europe / edited by Alice E. Blackwell.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

Blackwell, Alice E., editor.

Conference Name:

Scotland in early medieval Europe (2013 : Edinburgh, Scotland)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scotland--History--To 1057.

Scotland.

History.

Civilization, Medieval.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

158 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Sidestone Press, [2019]

Summary:

"This edited volume explores how (what is today) Scotland can be compared with, contrasted to, or was connected with other parts of early medieval Europe. Far from a 'dark age', early medieval Scotland (AD 300-900) was a crucible of different languages and cultures, the world of the Picts, Scots, Britons and Anglo-Saxons. Though long regarded as somehow peripheral to continental Europe, people in early medieval Scotland had mastered complex technologies and were part of sophisticated intellectual networks.0This cross-disciplinary volume includes contributions focussing on archaeology, artefacts, art-history and history, and considers themes that connect Scotland with key processes and phenomena happening elsewhere in Europe. Topics explored include the transition from Iron Age to early medieval societies and the development of secular power centres, the early medieval intervention in prehistoric landscapes, and the management of resources necessary to build kingdoms"--Back cover.

Contents:

Peripheral vision: Scotland in Early Medieval Europe p. 17 / Ewan Campbell

'A bright crowd of chancels': whither early church archaeology in Scotland? p. 35 / Sally M Foster

The fifth-sixth-century Early Medieval Pictish power centre at Rhynie, north-east Scotland, and its European context p. 51 / Meggen Gondek and Gordon Noble

Norrie's Law, Gaulcross and beyond: widening the context of hacksilver hoarding in Scotland p. 67 / Alice Blackwell and Martin Goldberg

An Early Medieval and prehistoric nexus: the Strathearn Environs and Royal Forteviot project p. 85 / Ewan Campbell and Stephen Driscoll and Meggen Gondek and Adrián Maldonado

Political transition at Portmahomack: the European context p. 103 / Martin Carver

Early Medieval burial in European context: log coffins in Scotland p. 117 / Adrián Maldonado

Medieval European land assessment, Fortriu, and the dabhach p. 135 / Alasdair Ross

Ideas of origins and ethnicity in Early Medieval Scotland p. 149 / Nicholas Evans.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Chiefly papers delivered at the 2013 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland's conference of the same name held in Edinburgh, 22 February 2013.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Albert C. Baugh Book Fund.

ISBN:

9789088907524

9088907528

9789088907517

908890751X

OCLC:

1065951119

Publisher Number:

99981374276