From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 (New Edinburgh History of Scotland)

click here for more details, find new or used items	James E. Fraser Pages: 352 (Paperback) ISBN: 0748612327 Pub: Edinburgh University Press Pub date: 2008-12-01 Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 205308

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This volume in the New Edinburgh history of Scotland series should not be missed by anyone with an interest in the history of early Scotland (although I suppose 'Scotland' is something of an anachronism for this period?). Amazon has it listed as by 'Forsyth' (perhaps they're thinking of Katherine? They've also got the title slightly wrong! 'From Caledonia to Pictland to 795'): it's actually by James Fraser, University of Edinburgh, who is one of the pre-eminent scholars in this field just now. Buy it with 'From Pictland to Alba 789-1070' by Alex Woolf (another distinguished medievalist of the University of St Andrews), and you'll get a fascinating picture of everything that led up to the creation of 'Scotland' in the later middle ages, as well as an honest appraisal of the difficulties faced by historians researching this period. A great leap forward!

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