Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables vi

List of Lineages and Maps vii

Preface and Acknowledgments viii

Methodology x

Abbreviations xii

Introducing the Picts 1

1 Picts and Romans 15

2 Myth and Reality 40

3 The Early Middle Ages 57

4 People and Work 95

5 Spirituality 134

6 Art 162

7 Conquest and Obscurity 182

8 Literature and Remembrance 207

Conclusion 233

Select Bibliography 240

Index 255

About the Author

Benjamin Hudson s books include Irish Sea Studies(2006), and Viking Pirates and Christian Princes(2005).

Reviews

“This exercise completes a superb and comprehensive survey of what is currently known about the Picts. The book also contains a lucid summary, and will be useful for both scholars and the general public.”  (Hereditasnexus, 6 October 2015)