History Books on this time period:
| Author |
Title |
Published |
Price |
Order
Now From: |
| Duncan, A. A. M. |
The Edinburgh History of Scotland: Vol 1 The
Making of the Kingdom |
1975 |
£15.99 |
Amazon.co.uk |
| Scotland: the Making of the Kingdom is the first "straight"
history of Scotland from pre-history to 1286 to be published
since 1862. It starts with the evidence on pre-historic
and Roman Scotland and covers in some detail the incursions
and amalgamations of races who made up the Celtic Kingdom,
the impact of the Vikings and the forging of a single
kingdom. Professor Duncan looks at the Anglo-Norman influence
on Scotland and gives a full account of Anglo-Scottish
relations up to 1214. The growth of towns is discussed
together with the expansion of trade and the place of
Scottish evidence in the evolution of rural and urban
society in north-west Europe. The closing chapters narrate
the progress which made possible the establishment of
an efficient and unoppressive administrative system. |
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| Smyth, A. P. |
Warlords & Holy Men: Scotland AD80-1000 |
1989 |
£9.95
or
$20.00 |
Amazon.co.uk
or
Amazon.com |
| Basing his work strongly on documentary and archaeological
sources, Alfred Smyth covers traditional topics in a thoroughly
unconventional manner. Winner of the 1985 Spring Book
Award for Literature, this lively account of the first
millenium in Scotland has become a standard textbook on
the period and was reprinted in 1998. |
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Historical Fiction Books on this time period
| Author |
Title |
Published |
Price |
Order
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| Tranter, Nigel |
High Kings and Vikings |
1998 |
£5.99 |
Amazon.co.uk |
| Cormac mac Farquhar, newly Thane of Glamis under the
reign of Kenneth II in 995, is drawn into a period of
national chaos against a background of Viking raids and
short lived High Kings who must rule with a heavy hand. |
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