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From Pictland to Alba, 789-1070 by Alex Woolf

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In the 780s northern Britain was dominated by two great kingdoms; Pictavia, centred in north-eastern Scotland and Northumbria which straddled the modern Anglo-Scottish border. Within a hundred years both of these kingdoms had been thrown into chaos by the onslaught of the Vikings and within two hundred years they had become distant memories.

This book charts the transformation of the political landscape of northern Britain between the eighth and the eleventh centuries. Central to this narrative is the mysterious disappearance of the Picts and their language and the sudden rise to prominence of the Gaelic-speaking Scots who would replace them as the rulers of the North. Unlike most other volumes dealing with this period, this is a book which ‘shows its workings’ and encourages the readers to reach their own conclusions about the origins of Scotland.

Key Features:

• The first book in over twenty years to explain the destruction of the Picts and the rise of the Scottish kingdom from contemporary accounts alone
• Recounts and evaluates modern scholarship developing readers’ awareness of recent debates and controversies
• Subjects contemporary sources to rigorous examination
• Locates early Scottish history firmly within a European context

The New Edinburgh History of Scotland

From Pictland to Alba, 798-1070 is volume 2 in the New Edinburgh History of Scotland.
Look out for volume 4: The Wars of Scotland, 1214-1371 by Michael Brown, already available from Edinburgh University Press and volume 6: Scotland Re-formed, 1488-1587 by Jane Dawson, due in October 2007. See more scottish history books online @ www.eup.ed.ac.uk