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"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. This 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.

Civilization, Medieval. --- To 1057 --- Scotland --- History

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This new paperback edition brings together the latest thoughts on the development of the medieval Scottish kingdom. Thirteen contributors explore the central themes in medieval Scottish history - the interplay between Celtic and feudal influences; crown-magnate relations; local and national relations; and the political definition of the kingdom.NEW IN PAPERBACK

Scotland --- History --- To 1057 --- 1057-1603 --- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General.

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Antiquities. --- Bevölkerung. --- Prehistoric peoples --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Vor- und Frühgeschichte. --- To 1057. --- Schottland. --- Scotland --- Scotland. --- History

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Anglo-Saxons --- Anglo-Saxons. --- Antiquities. --- Britons --- Britons. --- To 1057. --- Scotland --- Scotland. --- History

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This is a one-volume history of medieval Scotland, concentrating on the period between the middle of the eleventh century and the Reformation and taking full account of recent scholarship. It is primarily a political and ecclesiastical study, analysing the development of the institutions of the Scottish state, conflict and co-operation between the crown and the nobility, relations with external powers, the history of the church in Scotland, and the formation of a distinctive Scottish identity. The Wars of Independence are examined in their historical context, and elements of identity and change are identified across the whole period. Particular emphasis is placed upon relations between core and periphery in medieval Scotland and on the difficulties experienced by the crown in imposing royal authority in the north and west.

Scotland --- Ecosse --- History --- Histoire --- Scotland - History - To 1057. --- Great Britain --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Arts and Humanities