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  Scottish History Reading List
    This reading list identifies some of the important works on Scottish history. I have arranged them by period rather than subject (except for the Wars of Independence). Where books are in print, I have included links to Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble should you wish to purchase them directly.
     
Early Period (to 1200)
J Bannerman
Studies in the history of Dalriada		 GWS Barrow
The kingdom of the Scots
No Image   The Kingdom of the Scots Amazon.com
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GWS Barrow
The Anglo-Norman era in Scottish history		 W.A.A. Cummins
The Age of the Picts
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B Crawford
Scandinavian Scotland		 I Henderson
The Picts
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WE Kapelle
The Norman conquest of the north 1000-1135		 G Menzies (ed)
Who are the Scots
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A Ritchie
The Picts		 RLG Ritchie
The Normans in Scotland
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Lloyd & Jennifer Laing
The Picts and the Scots		 E. Sutherland
In search of the Picts
The Picts and the Scots Amazon.com In Search of the Picts  
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FT Wainwright (ed)
The problem of the Picts		 Jackson, K
Gaelic notes in the Book of Deer
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Sharpe, R
Adomnan - Life of St. Columba		 Bede
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Life of St. Columba Amazon.com Bede Amazon.com
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Chadwick, N.
The Celts		 Handford, S.A. & Mattingly, H.
The Agricola of Tacitus
The Celts Amazon.com The Agricola Amazon.com
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Nicolaisen R.
Scottish Place Names		 O'Rahilly T.F.
Early Irish History and Mythology
Scottish Place Names Amazon.com No Image
 
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Ritchie, A.
Viking Scotland		 Ritchie, G. & A.
Scotland, Archaeology and Early History
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Ritchie, A.
Scotland B.C.		 Clarke D.V. & O'Connor (eds)
From the Stone Age to the 'Forty Five
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Watson, W.J.
The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland		 E.J.Cowan and R. A. McDonald
Alba - Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era
The History of the Celtic Place-Names of Scotland Amazon.com Alba - Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era Amazon.com
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