Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80 - 1000 (The New History of Scotland, #1) and Holy Men: Scotland 80-1000 AD (New History of Scotland)

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 (Scottish Arts Council) Men Of The North : Britons In The Shadow Of The Roman Wall -- Picts : The Last Men On Earth, The Last Of The Free -- Columba : Holy Man Extraordinary -- The World Of Adomnan : In The Midst Of Ecclesiastical Care -- Vikings : Warriors Of The Western Sea -- He Shall Preside Over Alba As One Lord : The Birth Of Medieval Scotland -- To The Rere-cross On Stainmore : The Conquest Of The Southern Uplands. Alfred P. Smyth. Reprint. Originally Published: London : E. Arnold, 1984. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 239-253. The inhabitants of ancient Scotland were separated from the Roman province of Britannia by a series of limites or frontier walls combined with a network of forward defences and fallback positions, all of which were controlled by the praetorian governor at