Pictish Progress ─ New Studies on Northern Britain in the Early Middle Ages

Survey chapters analyse advances in studies of Pictish culture during the last fifty years. Inter-disciplinary case studies cover archaeology, place-names, history, liturgy, and history within a wider European framework.

Stephen T. Driscoll, Ph.D. (1987) University of Glasgow, is Professor of Historical Arcaheology at Glasgow. He has excavated extensively in Pictland (Dunottar Castle and Urquhart Castle, Easter Kinnear and Forteviot), and more widely in Scotland (Edinburgh Castle, Glasgow Cathedral and Govan).Jane Geddes, Ph.D. (1978) Courtauld Institute, is Professor of Art History at Aberdeen University. She has published extensively on medieval art, including decorative ironwork and the St Albans Psalter.Mark A. Hall, History Officer, Perth Museum & Art Gallery, Perth, Scotland, is a museum archaeologist and has published widely on medieval material culture (particularly board games and Pictish sculpture), the cult of saints and cinematic portrayals of museums, archaeology and the medieval past.