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TheAberlemno Iroadside symbol stone, Class I Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, thedouble disc and Z-rodand the mirror and comb

ThePictswere a group of peoples in what is nowScotlandnorth of theFirth of Forth,in theEarly Middle Ages.[1]Where they lived and details of their culture can be gleaned from early medieval texts andPictish stones.The namePictiappears in written records as anexonymfrom the late third century AD. They are assumed to have been descendants of theCaledoniiand other northernIron Agetribes. Their territory is referred to as "Pictland" by modern historians. Initially made up of severalchiefdoms,it came to be dominated by the Pictish kingdom ofFortriufrom the seventh century. During thisVerturian hegemony,Pictiwas adopted as an endonym. This lasted around 160 years until the Pictish kingdom merged with that ofDál Riatato form theKingdom of Alba,ruled by theHouse of Alpin.The concept of "Pictish kingship" continued for a few decades until it was abandoned during the reign ofCaustantín mac Áeda.[2]

Pictish society was typical of many early medieval societies in northern Europe and had parallels with neighbouring groups. Archaeology gives some impression of their culture. Medieval sources report the existence of aPictish language,and evidence shows that it was anInsular Celtic languagerelated to theBrittonicspoken by theCeltic Britonsto the south. Pictish wasgradually displacedbyMiddle Gaelicas part of the widerGaelicisationfrom the late ninth century. Much of their history is known from outside sources, includingBede,hagiographiesof saints such as that ofColumbabyAdomnán,and theIrish annals.

Definitions

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Silver plaque from theNorrie's Law hoard,Fife,with double disc and Z-rod symbol

There has been substantial critical reappraisal of the concept of "Pictishness" over recent decades.[3]The popular view at the beginning of the twentieth century was that they were exotic "lost people". It was noted in the highly influential work of 1955,The Problem of the Picts,that the subject area was difficult, with the archaeological and historical records frequently being at odds with the conventionalessentialistexpectations about historical peoples.[4]Since then, theculture-historical paradigmof archaeology dominant since the late nineteenth century gave way to theprocessual archaeology(formerly known as theNew Archaeology) theory.[5]Moreover, there has been significant reappraisal of textual sources written, for example byBedeandAdomnánin the seventh and eighth centuries. These works relate events of previous centuries, but current scholarship recognises their often allegorical, pseudo-historical nature, and their true value often lies in an appraisal of the time period in which they were written.[6]

The difficulties with Pictish history and archaeology arise from the fact that the people who were called Picts were a fundamentally heterogeneous group with little cultural uniformity. Care is needed to avoid viewing them through the lens of what the cultural historian Gilbert Márkus calls the "Ethnic Fallacy".[7]The people known as "Picts" by outsiders in late antiquity were very different from those who later adopted the name, in terms of language, culture, religion and politics.

The term "Pict" is found in Roman sources from the end of the third century AD, when it was used to describeunromanisedpeople in northern Britain.[8]The term is most likely to have been pejorative, emphasising their supposedbarbarismin contrast to the Britons under Roman rule.[9]It has been argued, most notably byJames Fraser,that the term "Pict" would have had little meaning to the people to whom it was being applied. Fraser posits that it was only adopted as anendonymin the late seventh century, as an inclusive term for people under rule of the Verturian hegemony, centered inFortriu(the area around modern-dayInvernessandMoray), particularly following theBattle of Dun Nechtain.[10]This view is, however, not universal. Gordon Noble and Nicholas Evans consider it plausible, if not provable, that "Picts" may have been used as an endonym by those northern Britons in closest contact with Rome as early as the fourth century.[11]

The bulk ofwritten historydates from the seventh century onwards. TheIrish annalistsand contemporary scholars like Bede use "Picts" to describe the peoples under theVerturian hegemony.This encompassed most of Scotland north of the Forth-Clyde isthmus and to the exclusion of territory occupied byDál Riatain the west. To the south lay the Brittonickingdom of Strathclyde,with Lothian occupied by Northumbrian Angles. The use of "Picts" as a descriptive term continued to the formation of theAlpínid dynastyin the ninth century, and the merging of the Pictish Kingdom with that of Dál Riata.

Etymology

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TheLatinwordPictifirst occurs in apanegyric,a formal eulogising speech from 297[12]and is most commonly explained as meaning 'painted'[13](from Latinpingere'to paint';[14]pictus,'painted', cf.Greekπυκτίςpyktis,'picture'[15]). This is generally understood to be a reference to the practice of tattooing.[16]Claudian,in his account of the Roman commanderStilicho,written around 404, speaks of designs on the bodies of dying Picts, presumably referring to tattoos or body paint.[17][18]Isidore of Sevillereports in the early seventh century that the practice was continued by the Picts.[19]An alternative suggestion is that the LatinPictiwas derived from a native form, perhaps related etymologically to theGallicPictones.[20]

The Picts were calledCruithniinOld IrishandPrydyninOld Welsh.[21]These arelexical cognates,from the proto-Celtic *kwritu'form', from which *Pretania(Britain) also derives.Pretani(and with itCruithniandPrydyn) is likely to have originated as a generalised term for any native inhabitant of Britain.[21]This is similar to the situation with the Gaelic name of Scotland,Alba,which originally seems to have been a generalised term for Britain.[22]It has been proposed that the Picts may have called themselvesAlbidosi,a name found in theChronicle of the Kings of Albaduring the reign ofMáel Coluim mac Domnaill.[23]

Origins

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Pictish Kingdoms
Pictland
Fib
Circin
Fortriu
Ce
Atholl
Dál Riata
Manaw
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Pictland and neighbouring territories, c. early 8th century AD.

The origin myth presented inBede'sEcclesiastical History of the English Peopledescribes the Picts as settlers fromScythiawho arrived on the northern coast of Ireland by chance. LocalScotileaders redirected them to northern Britain where they settled, taking Scoti wives.[24]ThePictish Chronicle,repeating this story, further names the mythical founding leaderCruithne(the Gaelic word forPict), followed by his sons, whose names correspond with the seven provinces of Pictland:Circin,Fidach,Fortriu,Fotla(Atholl),Cat,CeandFib.[25]Bede's account has long been recognised as pseudohistorical literary invention,[26]and is thought to be of Pictish origin, composed around 700.[27]Its structure is similar to the origin myths of other peoples and its main purpose appears to have been to legitimise the annexation of Pictish territories by Fortriu and the creation of a wider Pictland.[28]

A study published in 2023 sequenced the whole genomes from eight individuals associated with the Pictish period, excavated from cemeteries atLundin Linksin Fife andBalintore, Easter Ross.The study observed "broad affinities" between the mainland Pictish genomes,Iron Age Britonsand the present-day people living in western Scotland,Wales,Northern IrelandandNorthumbria,but less with the rest of England, supporting the current archaeological theories of a "local origin" of the Pictish people.[29]

History

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The so-calledDaniel Stone,cross slab fragment found atRosemarkie,Easter Ross

The area occupied by the Picts had previously been described by Roman writers and geographers as the home of theCaledonii.[30]These Romans also used other names to refer to Britannic tribes living in the area, includingVerturiones,TaexaliandVenicones.[31]

Written history relating to the Picts as a people emerges in theEarly Middle Ages.At that time, theGaelsofDál Riatacontrolled what is nowArgyll,as part of a kingdom straddling the sea between Britain and Ireland. TheAnglesofBernicia,which merged withDeirato formNorthumbria,overwhelmed the adjacent British kingdoms, and for much of the 7th century Northumbria was the most powerful kingdom in Britain.[32]The Picts were probably tributary to Northumbria until the reign ofBridei mac Beli,when, in 685, the Anglians suffered a defeat at theBattle of Dun Nechtainthat halted their northward expansion. The Northumbrians continued to dominate southern Scotland for the remainder of the Pictish period.

TheWhitecleuch Chain,high-status Pictish silver chain, one of ten known to exist, dating from between 400 and 800 AD

Dál Riata was subject to the Pictish kingÓengus mac Fergusa(reigned 729–761), and although it had its own kings beginning in the 760s, does not appear to have recovered its political independence from the Picts.[33]A later Pictish king,Caustantín mac Fergusa(793–820), placed his son Domnall on the throne of Dál Riata (811–835).[34]Pictish attempts to achieve a similar dominance over the Britons ofAlt Clut(Strathclyde) were not successful.[35]

TheViking Agebrought significant change to Britain and Ireland, no less in Scotland than elsewhere, with the Vikings conquering and settling the islands and various mainland areas, includingCaithness,SutherlandandGalloway.In the middle of the 9th centuryKetil Flatnoseis said to have founded theKingdom of the Isles,governing many of these territories, and by the end of that century the Vikings had destroyed the Kingdom of Northumbria, greatly weakened theKingdom of Strathclyde,and founded theKingdom of York.In a majorbattle in 839,the Vikings killed the King ofFortriu,Eógan mac Óengusa,the King of Dál RiataÁed mac Boanta,and many others.[36]In the aftermath, in the 840s,Kenneth MacAlpin(Medieval Gaelic:Cináed mac Ailpín) became king of the Picts.[37]

During the reign of Cínaed's grandson,Caustantín mac Áeda(900–943), outsiders began to refer to the region as the Kingdom of Alba rather than the Kingdom of the Picts, but it is not known whether this was because a new kingdom was established or Alba was simply a closer approximation of the Pictish name for the Picts. However, though the Pictish language did not disappear suddenly, a process ofGaelicisation(which may have begun generations earlier) was clearly underway during the reigns of Caustantín and his successors.

By a certain point, probably during the 11th century, all the inhabitants of northern Alba had become fully Gaelicised Scots, and Pictish identity was forgotten.[38]Henry of Huntingdonwas one of the first (surviving) historians to note this disappearance in the mid-12th centuryHistoria Anglorum.[39]Later, the idea of Picts as a tribe was revived inmythandlegend.[40]

Kings and kingdoms

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See also:List of kings of the Picts

The early history of Pictland is unclear. In later periods, multiple kings ruled over separate kingdoms, with one king, sometimes two, more or less dominating their lesser neighbours.[41]De Situ Albanie,a 13th century document, thePictish Chronicle,the 11th centuryDuan Albanach,along with Irish legends, have been used to argue the existence of seven Pictish kingdoms. These are:Cait,or Cat, situated in modernCaithnessandSutherland;Ce,situated in modernMarandBuchan;Circin,perhaps situated in modernAngusandthe Mearns;[42]Fib, the modernFife;Fidach, location unknown, but possibly nearInverness;Fotla, modernAtholl(Ath-Fotla);[43]andFortriu,cognate with theVerturionesof the Romans, recently shown to be centred onMoray.[44]

More small kingdoms may have existed. Some evidence suggests that a Pictish kingdom also existed inOrkney.[45]De Situ Albanieis not the most reliable of sources, and the number of kingdoms, one for each of the seven sons ofCruithne,theeponymousfounder of the Picts, may well be grounds enough for disbelief.[46]Regardless of the exact number of kingdoms and their names, the Pictish nation was not a united one.

For most of Pictish recorded history, the kingdom of Fortriu appears dominant, so much so thatking of Fortriuandking of the Pictsmay mean one and the same thing in the annals. This was previously thought to lie in the area aroundPerthand southernStrathearn;however, recent work has convinced those working in the field that Moray (a name referring to a very much larger area in the High Middle Ages than the county ofMoray) was the core of Fortriu.[47]

The Picts are often thought to have practisedmatrilinealkingship succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement inBede's history.[48][49]The kings of the Picts when Bede was writing were Bridei and Nechtan, sons of Der Ilei, who indeed claimed the throne through their mother Der Ilei, daughter of an earlier Pictish king.[50]

In Ireland, kings were expected to come from among those who had a great-grandfather who had been king.[51]Kingly fathers were not frequently succeeded by their sons, not because the Picts practised matrilineal succession, but because they were usually followed by their own brothers or cousins (agnatic seniority), more likely to be experienced men with the authority and the support necessary to be king.[52]This was similar totanistry.

The nature of kingship changed considerably during the centuries of Pictish history. While earlier kings had to be successful war leaders to maintain their authority, kingship became rather less personalised and more institutionalised during this time. Bureaucratic kingship was still far in the future when Pictland became Alba, but the support of the church, and the apparent ability of a small number of families to control the kingship for much of the period from the later 7th century onwards, provided a considerable degree of continuity. In much the same period, the Picts' neighbours in Dál Riata and Northumbria faced considerable difficulties, as the stability of succession and rule that previously benefited them ended.[53]

The laterMormaersare thought to have originated in Pictish times, and to have been copied from, or inspired by, Northumbrian usages.[54]It is unclear whether the Mormaers were originally former kings, royal officials, or local nobles, or some combination of these. Likewise, the Pictish shires andthanages,traces of which are found in later times, are thought to have been adopted from their southern neighbours.[55]

Society

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The harpist on theDupplin Cross,Scotland, c. 800 AD

The archaeological record gives insight into the Picts'material culture,and suggest a society not readily distinguishable from its British, Gaelic, orAnglo-Saxonneighbours.[56]Although analogy and knowledge of other Celtic societies may be a useful guide, these extend across a very large area. Relying on knowledge of pre-RomanGaul,or 13th-century Ireland, as a guide to the Picts of the 6th century may be misleading if the analogy is pursued too far.[citation needed]

Like most northern European people inLate Antiquity,the Picts were farmers living in small communities. Cattle and horses were an obvious sign of wealth and prestige. Sheep and pigs were kept in large numbers, and place names suggest thattranshumancewas common. Animals were small by later standards, although horses from Britain were imported into Ireland as breeding stock to enlarge native horses. From Irish sources, it appears that the elite engaged in competitive cattle breeding for size, and this may have been the case in Pictland also. Carvings show hunting with dogs, and also, unlike in Ireland, with falcons. Cereal crops includedwheat,barley,oatsandrye.Vegetables includedkale,cabbage,onionsandleeks,peasandbeansandturnips,and some types no longer common, such asskirret.Plants such aswild garlic,nettlesandwatercressmay have been gathered in the wild. The pastoral economy meant that hides and leather were readily available.Woolwas the main source of fibres for clothing, andflaxwas also common, although it is not clear if they grew it for fibres, for oil, or as a foodstuff. Fish, shellfish, seals, and whales were exploited along coasts and rivers. The importance of domesticated animals suggests that meat and milk products were a major part of the diet of ordinary people, while the elite would have eaten a diet rich in meat from farming and hunting.[57]

No Pictish counterparts to the areas of denser settlement around important fortresses inGauland southern Britain, or any other significant urban settlements, are known. Larger, but not large, settlements existed around royal forts, such as atBurghead Fort,or associated with religious foundations.[58]No towns are known in Scotland until the 12th century.[59]

The technology of everyday life is not well recorded, but archaeological evidence shows it to have been similar to that in Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England. Recently evidence has been found ofwatermillsin Pictland.[60]Kilnswere used for drying kernels of wheat or barley, not otherwise easy in the changeable, temperate climate.[61]

ReconstructedcrannogonLoch Tay

The early Picts are associated with piracy and raiding along the coasts ofRoman Britain.Even in theLate Middle Ages,the line between traders and pirates was unclear, so that Pictish pirates were probably merchants on other occasions. It is generally assumed that trade collapsed with the Roman Empire, but this is to overstate the case. There is only limited evidence of long-distance trade with Pictland, but tableware and storage vessels from Gaul, probably transported up theIrish Sea,have been found. This trade may have been controlled fromDunaddin Dál Riata, where such goods appear to have been common. While long-distance travel was unusual in Pictish times, it was far from unknown as stories of missionaries, travelling clerics and exiles show.[62]

Brochsare popularly associated with the Picts. Although built earlier in theIron Age,with construction ending around 100 AD, they remained in use beyond the Pictish period.[63]Crannogs,which may originate inNeolithicScotland, may have been rebuilt, and some were still in use in the time of the Picts.[64]The most common sort of buildings would have beenroundhousesand rectangular timbered halls.[65]While many churches were built in wood, from the early 8th century, if not earlier, some were built in stone.[66]

The Picts are often said to have tattooed themselves, but evidence for this is limited. Naturalistic depictions of Pictish nobles, hunters and warriors, male and female, without obvious tattoos, are found onmonumental stones.These include inscriptions in Latin andoghamscript, not all of which have been deciphered. The well-known Pictish symbols found on standing stones and other artefacts have defied attempts at translation over the centuries. Pictish art can be classed as "Celtic"and later asInsular.[67]Irish poets portrayed their Pictish counterparts as very much like themselves.[68]

Religion

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Main article:Christianisation of Scotland
Animal head fromSt Ninian's Isle Treasure(c.750–825 AD), found inShetland

Early Pictish religion is presumed to have resembledCeltic polytheismin general, although only place names remain from the pre-Christian era. When the Pictish elite converted toChristianityis uncertain, but traditions place SaintPalladiusin Pictland after he leftIreland,and linkAbernethywith SaintBrigid of Kildare.[69]Saint Patrickrefers to "apostate Picts", while the poemY Gododdindoes not remark on the Picts as pagans.[70]Bede wrote thatSaint Ninian(confused by some with SaintFinnian of Moville,who died c. 589), had converted the southern Picts.[71]Recent archaeological work atPortmahomackplaces the foundation of themonasterythere, an area once assumed to be among the last converted, in the late 6th century.[72]This is contemporary withBridei mac Maelchonand Columba, but the process of establishing Christianity throughout Pictland will have extended over a much longer period.

Pictland was not solely influenced byIonaand Ireland. It also had ties to churches in Northumbria, as seen in the reign ofNechtan mac Der Ilei.The reported expulsion of Ionan monks and clergy by Nechtan in 717 may have been related to the controversy over the dating ofEaster,and the manner oftonsure,where Nechtan appears to have supported the Roman usages, but may equally have been intended to increase royal power over the church.[73]Nonetheless, the evidence of place names suggests a wide area of Ionan influence in Pictland.[74]Likewise, theCáin Adomnáin(Law ofAdomnán,Lex Innocentium) counts Nechtan's brotherBrideiamong its guarantors.

The importance of monastic centres in Pictland was not as great as in Ireland. In areas that have been studied, such asStrathspeyandPerthshire,it appears that the parochial structure of theHigh Middle Agesexisted in early medieval times. Among the major religious sites of eastern Pictland were Portmahomack, Cennrígmonaid (laterSt Andrews),Dunkeld,AbernethyandRosemarkie.It appears that these are associated with Pictish kings, which argue for a considerable degree of royal patronage and control of the church.[75]Portmahomack in particular has been the subject of recent excavation and research, published byMartin Carver.[60]

The cult of saints was, as throughout Christian lands, of great importance in later Pictland. While kings might venerate great saints, such asSaint Peterin the case of Nechtan, and perhapsSaint Andrewin the case of the secondÓengus mac Fergusa,many lesser saints, some now obscure, were important. The Pictish SaintDrostanappears to have had a wide following in the north in earlier times, although he was all but forgotten by the 12th century.Saint SerfofCulrosswas associated with Nechtan's brother Bridei.[76]It appears, as is well known in later times, that noble kin groups had their own patron saints, and their own churches or abbeys.[77]

Art

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See also:Pictish stone
Distribution of Pictish symbol stones and cross slabs

Pictish art is primarily associated withmonumental stones,but also includes smaller objects of stone and bone, and metalwork such asbrooches.It uses a distinctive form of the general Celtic Early Medieval development ofLa Tène stylewith increasing influences from theInsular artof 7th and 8th century Ireland andNorthumbria,and thenAnglo-SaxonandIrish artas the Early Medieval period continues. The most well-known surviving examples are the many Pictish stones located across Pictland.

The symbols and patterns consist of animals including thePictish Beast,the "rectangle", the "mirror and comb", "double-disc and Z-rod" and the "crescent and V-rod", among many others. There are also bosses and lenses with pelta and spiral designs. The patterns are curvilinear with hatchings. The cross-slabs are carved with Pictish symbols, Insular-derivedinterlaceand Christian imagery, though interpretation is often difficult due to wear and obscurity. Several of the Christian images carved on various stones, such as David the harpist, Daniel and the lion, or scenes of St Paul and St Anthony meeting in the desert, have been influenced by theInsularmanuscript tradition.[78]

Pictish metalwork is found throughout Pictland (modern-day Scotland) and also further south; the Picts appeared to have a considerable amount of silver available, probably from raiding further south, or the payment of subsidies to keep them from doing so. The very large hoard of late Romanhacksilverfound atTraprain Lawmay have originated in either way. The largest hoard of early Pictish metalwork was found in 1819 atNorrie's Lawin Fife, but unfortunately much was dispersed and melted down (Scots law on treasure findshas always been unhelpful to preservation). A famous 7th century silver andenamelplaque from the hoard has a "Z-rod", one of the Pictish symbols, in a particularly well-preserved and elegant form; unfortunately few comparable pieces have survived.[79]

Over ten heavy silver chains, some over 0.5m long, have been found from this period; the double-linkedWhitecleuch Chainis one of only two that have apenannularlinking piece for the ends, with symbol decoration including enamel, which shows how these were probably used as "choker" necklaces.[80]

In the 8th and 9th centuries, after Christianization, the Pictish elite adopted a particular form of the IrishCeltic brooch,preferring true penannular brooches with lobed terminals. Some older Irish brooches were adapted to the Pictish style, for example, the c. 8th centuryBreadalbane Broochnow in theBritish Museum.TheSt Ninian's Isle Treasure(c. 750–825 AD) contains the best collection of Pictish forms. Other characteristics of Pictish metalwork are dotted backgrounds or designs and animal forms influenced by Insular art. The 8th centuryMonymusk Reliquaryhas elements of Pictish and Irish styles.[81]

Language

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Main article:Pictish language

ThePictish languageis extinct. Evidence is limited toplace-names,personal names,and contemporary records in other languages. The evidence of place and personal names appears to indicate that the Picts spoke anInsular Celtic languagerelated to theBrittonic languagesof the south.[84]It is possible that Pictish diverged significantly from the Southern Neo-Brittonic dialects due to the lack of influence of Latin.[85]The absence of surviving written material in Pictish, discounting the enigmatic Ogham inscriptions, does not indicate a pre-literate society. The church certainly required literacy in Latin, and could not function without copyists to produce liturgical documents. Pictishiconographyshows books being read and carried, and its naturalistic style gives every reason to suppose that such images were of real life. Literacy was not widespread, but among the senior clergy, and in monasteries, it would have been common enough.[86]It is likely that the Pictish language influenced the development, grammar and vocabulary ofScottish Gaelic,which has some characteristics unique among the Goidelic languages and which, in certain cases, are more reminiscent of Brittonic languages.[87]

Toponymic evidence indicates the advance of Gaelic into Pictland;Atholl,meaningNew Ireland,is attested in the early 8th century. This may be an indication of the advance of Gaelic. Fortriu also contains place names suggesting Gaelic settlement, or Gaelic influences.[88]A pre-Gaelic interpretation of the name asAthfoclameaning 'north pass' or 'north way', as in gateway to Moray, suggests that the GaelicAthfotlamay be a Gaelic misreading of the minuscule c for t.[89]

Oghaminscriptions on Pictish stones and other Pictish archaeological objects survive. These were argued by influential linguistKenneth Jacksonto be unintelligible as Celtic and evidence for the coexistence of a non-Celtic language in Pictish times.[90]Celtic interpretations have since been advanced for some of these inscriptions, but the nature of the inscriptions continues to be a matter of debate.[91]

See also

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References

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Citations

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  1. ^Woolf 2017
  2. ^Fraser 2009,pp. 43–67;Fraser 2011,pp. 155–44;Woolf 2017
  3. ^Fraser 2009,pp. 1–11
  4. ^Wainwright 1955
  5. ^Jones 1997;Fraser 2011
  6. ^Fraser 2009,pp. 1–14
  7. ^Markus 2017,p. ix
  8. ^Markus 2017,p. 38;Foster 1996,p. 11;Evans 2022
  9. ^Markus 2017,p. 38;Fraser 2009,p. 48
  10. ^Fraser 2009;Fraser 2011;Woolf 2017
  11. ^Evans 2022;Noble & Evans 2022,p. 9
  12. ^Nixon & Rodgers 1994,p. 126
  13. ^Fraser 2009,p. 47
  14. ^Lewis & Short 1879pingo,on Perseus Digital Library
  15. ^Liddell & Scott 1940πυκτίς,on Perseus Digital Library
  16. ^Fraser 2011,pp. 25–27
  17. ^Clarkson 2016,p. 31
  18. ^Holmes 1907
  19. ^Fraser 2009,p. 335;Barney et al. 2010,p. 198
  20. ^Watson 1926,pp. 67–68
  21. ^abFraser 2009,p. 48
  22. ^Fraser 2009,p. 48;Woolf 2007,pp. 177–181
  23. ^Broun 2005a,p. 258, note 95;Woolf 2007,pp. 177–181
  24. ^Skene 1867,p. 4; translation inAnderson 1922,p. cxvii;Fraser 2009,pp. 238–239
  25. ^Skene 1867,p. 4; translation inAnderson 1922,p. cxvii
  26. ^Wainwright 1955,p. 25;Smyth 1984,p. 59;Fraser 2009,p. 238;Fraser 2011
  27. ^Fraser 2009,p. 239
  28. ^Fraser 2009;Fraser 2011;Evans 2019
  29. ^Morez et al. 2023
  30. ^e.g. byTacitus,Ptolemy,and as theDicalydoniibyAmmianus Marcellinus.Ptolemy called the sea to the west of Scotland theOceanus Duecaledonius.
  31. ^E.g. Ptolemy, Ammianus Marcellinus.
  32. ^See e.g.Higham 1993
  33. ^Broun 1998attempts to reconstruct the confused late history of Dál Riata. The silence in the Irish Annals is ignored byBannerman 1999.
  34. ^According toBroun 1998--but the history of Dál Riata after that is obscure.
  35. ^Cf. the failed attempts byÓengus mac Fergusa.
  36. ^Annals of Ulster (s.a. 839): "The (Vikings) won a battle against the men of Fortriu, and Eóganán son of Aengus, Bran son of Óengus, Aed son of Boanta, and others almost innumerable fell there."
  37. ^Corbishley, Mike;Gillingham, John;Kelly, Rosemary; Dawson, Ian; Mason, James;Morgan, Kenneth O.(1996) [1996]."The kingdoms in Britain & Ireland".The Young Oxford History of Britain & Ireland.Walton St., Oxford:Oxford University Press.p.80.ISBN019-910035-7.
  38. ^Broun 1997;Broun 2001c;Forsyth 2005,pp. 28–32;Woolf 2001a;cf.Bannerman 1999,passim, representing the "traditional" view.
  39. ^Woolf 2007,p. 1
  40. ^For example,Pechs,and perhapsPixies.However,Foster 1996quotesToland 1726,p. 145: "they are apt all over Scotland to make everything Pictish whose origin they do not know." The same could be said of the Picts in myth.
  41. ^Broun 2001b;for Ireland see, e.g.Byrne 1973and more generallyÓ Cróinín 1995.
  42. ^Forsyth 2000;Watson 1926,pp. 108–109
  43. ^Bruford 2005;Watson 1926,pp. 108–113
  44. ^Woolf 2006;Yorke 2006,p. 47. Compare earlier works such asFoster 1996,p. 33.
  45. ^Adomnán 1995,pp. 342–343
  46. ^Broun 2005b
  47. ^Woolf 2006
  48. ^Bede, I, c. 1
  49. ^"Carla Nayland Article – Matrilineal succession amongst the Picts".www.carlanayland.org.
  50. ^Clancy 2001c
  51. ^Byrne 1973,pp. 35–41, 122–123, also pp. 108, 287, stating thatderbfhinewas practised by thecruithniin Ireland.
  52. ^Byrne 1973,p. 35, "Elder for kin, worth for rulership, wisdom for the church." See alsoFoster 1996,pp. 32–34,Smyth 1984,p. 67
  53. ^Broun 2001b,Broun 1998;for Dál Riata,Broun 2001a,for a more positive view Sharpe, "The thriving of Dalriada"; for Northumbria, Higham,Kingdom of Northumbria,pp. 144–149.
  54. ^Woolf 2001b
  55. ^Barrow 2003,Woolf 2001b
  56. ^See, e.g.Campbell 1999for the Gaels of Dál Riata,Lowe 1999for Britons and Anglians.
  57. ^Foster 1996,pp. 49–61.Kelly 1997provides an extensive review of farming in Ireland in the middle Pictish period.
  58. ^The interior of the fort at Burghead was some 12 acres (5 hectares) in size, seeDriscoll 2001;forVerlamion(later RomanVerulamium), a southern British settlement on a very much larger scale, see e.g.Pryor 2005,pp. 64–70
  59. ^Dennison 2001
  60. ^abCarver 2008
  61. ^Foster 1996,pp. 52–53
  62. ^Trade, seeFoster 1996,pp. 65–68; seafaring in general, e.g.Haywood 1999,Rodger 1997.
  63. ^Armit 2002chapter 7
  64. ^Crone 1993
  65. ^Foster 1996,pp. 52–61
  66. ^SeeClancy 2001c,Foster 1996,p. 89
  67. ^For art in general seeFoster 1996,pp. 26–28,Laing & Laing 2001,p. 89ff,Ritchie 2001,Fraser 2008
  68. ^Forsyth 2000,pp. 27–28
  69. ^Clancy 2000,pp. 95–96,Smyth 1984,pp. 82–83
  70. ^Markus 2001a.
  71. ^Bede, III, 4. For the identities of Ninian/Finnian see Yorke, p. 129.
  72. ^Mentioned by Foster, but more information is available from the Tarbat Discovery Programme: see under External links.
  73. ^Bede, IV, cc. 21–22, Clancy, "Church institutions", Clancy, "Nechtan".
  74. ^Taylor 1999
  75. ^Clancy, "Church institutions", Markus, "Religious life".
  76. ^Clancy 1999Clancy 2001c,Taylor 1999
  77. ^Markus 2001b
  78. ^Henderson 1986,pp. 87–113,Ó Carragáin 1988,pp. 1–58
  79. ^Youngs, 26–28;Poor image of 19th-century illustration
  80. ^Youngs 1989,p. 28
  81. ^Youngs 1989,pp. 109–113
  82. ^Youngs, no. 111, with a plate showing the decoration much better; Laing, 310
  83. ^"Breadalbane Brooch, pseudo-penannular brooch, Celtic, Pictish, Scotland".British Museum.Retrieved 9 April 2023
  84. ^Watson 1926;Forsyth 1997;Price 2000;Taylor 2001;Taylor 2010;For K.H. Jackson's views, seeJackson 1955
  85. ^Rhys 2015;Rhys 2020
  86. ^Forsyth 1998
  87. ^Taylor 2010
  88. ^Watson 1926,pp. 225–233
  89. ^Fraser 2009,pp. 101–102
  90. ^Jackson 1955
  91. ^Forsyth 1997;Rodway 2020

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