Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Picts By Alex Woolf Bile ós Chrannaibh: A Festschrift for Willliam Gillies, edited by Wilson McLeod et al. (Perthshire, 2010) Introduction: It is with some surprise, perhaps, that one notes that of all the historians who commented upon the disappearance of the Picts in the course of the Middle Ages […]
The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685
August 15, 2010 By
The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685 By Julie Parsons Master’s Thesis, East Tennessee State University, 2002 Abstract: This study is an examination of the historiography of the ancient-medieval texts that record events related to the Northumbrian and the Pictish royal houses in the seventh century. It was in the seventh […]
The Columban Church in northern Britain, 664-717: a reassessment
January 12, 2009 By
This paper challenges the accepted view that the Columban Church in northern Britain underwent a period of decline during the late seventh and early eighth centuries.
The iconography of the devil: St Vigean’s, Eassie and the Book of Kells
October 17, 2008 By
Examines the depiction of the devil in artwork found in the Book of Kells, as well as on early medieval stone crosses found in Scotland.
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