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- Title
On the Nature of the Picts.
- Authors
Woolf, Alex
- Abstract
The article talks about people known as Picts, who lived in the early middle ages. It states that historian James E. Fraser observed that the Latin term Picti was used as a pejorative term and holds no continuity today. Author Bede's book "Historia Ecclesiastica" is discussed, which focuses on peoples Angli, Brittones, Scotti, and Picti. The context of the destruction of Fortriu by the vikings to Pictish kingdom and identity is also discussed.
- Subjects
PICTS; INDIGENOUS peoples; FRASER, James E.; HISTORIA Ecclesiastica (Book); BEDE, the Venerable, Saint, 673-735; VIKINGS
- Publication
Scottish Historical Review, 2017, Vol 96, Issue 2, p214
- ISSN
0036-9241
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3366/shr.2017.0336