Picts ‘n Mix: complex identities in the Viking age
Resource type
Blog post
Creator (person)
Maldonado, Adrià¡n
Date published
January 15, 2021
Abstract
The Picts are best known for pulling off one of Scottish history’s most famous disappearing acts. What, or who, accounts for them vanishing from the historical record after AD900? In the northern isles, the Pictish language seems to disappear completely. The blame often falls on the Vikings, who attacked Scotland relentlessly in the ninth and tenth centuries. Did some Picts see the way the wind was blowing and decide to ‘go Viking’?
Publisher
National Museums Scotland
Place of publication
Edinburgh
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