Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps and Genealogical Tables vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. General Editor’s Preface xi
6. Introduction. Fabulousness, Obscurity and Difficulty: Narrative History to 795 1
7. Part one. The Passing of Caledonia (69–597)
8. Chapter 1 New Nations: Caledonia from Cerialis to Caracalla 15
9. Chapter 2 The Later Roman Iron Age and the Origins of the Picts 43
10. Chapter 3 Uinniau, ‘Ninian’ and the Early Church in Scotland 68
11. Chapter 4 Word and Example: Columba in Northern Britain 94
12. Postscript ‘The Roman Interlude’ 116
13. Part two. The Age of the Kings of Bamburgh (576–692)
14. Chapter 5 High Lords of Princes: Áedán, Urbgen and Aeðilfrith (576–616) 121
15. Chapter 6 Sighs of Sorrow: Iona and the Kingdoms of Northern Britain (616–43) 155
16. Chapter 7 Emperor of All Britain: Oswy and his Hegemony (642–70) 175
17. Chapter 8 Bull of the North: Bridei son of Beli and the Fall of the Aeðilfrithings (671–92) 200
18. Postscript Scotland and the Aeðilfrithing Legacy 229
19. Part three. The Pictish Project (692–789)
20. Chapter 9 League and Iron: Bridei son of Der-Ilei, Iona and Argyll (692–707) 237
21. Chapter 10 Nations Reformed: Northumbria and Pictavia (704–24) 264
22. Chapter 11 ‘When Óengus took Alba’: Despot, Butcher and King (728–61) 287
23. Chapter 12 Dragons in the Air: A Doubtful Generation (761–89) 320
24. Chapter 13 Regime-craft in Early Historic Northern Britain 347
25. Postscript Remote from the Roman Nation 375
26. Timeline 380
27. Guide to Further Reading 386
28. Bibliography 393
29. Index 410