Pictish Progress
New Studies on Northern Britain in the Early Middle Ages
Edited by Stephen T. Driscoll, Jane Geddes and Mark A. Hall
Biographical note
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.
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.
Readership
All those interested in early medieval Scotland - end of Roman Britain through the Viking Age. All those interested in early medieval Scotland, the Picts, archaeology of northern Europe, Insular Art, early liturgy, early metalworking, early medieval sculpture, the cult of saints, cultural biography.
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