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Gilbert Markus brings a stimulating approach to studying this elusive period, analysing both its litter of physical evidence and literary sources, as a method of shedding light on the reality of the period. In doing so, he reforms our historical perceptions of what has often been dismissed as a `dark age .

Table of Contents
1. Introduction/The field and the sources; 2. Into the Light-Britain under Rome; 3. Four peoples, five languages - up to c.800; 4. Christianity: conversion and consolidation; 5. Society; 6. The Corpse-Herring's Din'-Vikings and Scandinavian Scotland; 7. The emergence: Alba and Scotia.

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      Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
      Publication Date: 30/11/2017
      ISBN13: 9780748678990, 978-0748678990
      ISBN10: 0748678999
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      European history European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Gilbert Markus brings a stimulating approach to studying this elusive period, analysing both its litter of physical evidence and literary sources, as a method of shedding light on the reality of the period. In doing so, he reforms our historical perceptions of what has often been dismissed as a `dark age .

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction/The field and the sources; 2. Into the Light-Britain under Rome; 3. Four peoples, five languages - up to c.800; 4. Christianity: conversion and consolidation; 5. Society; 6. The Corpse-Herring's Din'-Vikings and Scandinavian Scotland; 7. The emergence: Alba and Scotia.

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