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These great Nordic incursions were to result in the marginalization of the once semi-autonomous Pictish, English and North British Princedoms that had preceded the arrival of the Norsemen on British soil. And, as they disappeared beneath the onslaught of the Viking Hosts, the ancient bardic traditions, which had once been succoured by these previously distinct ethnic groups, gradually became intertwined with one another as a result of widespread migration, inter-marriage and cross fertilization;
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― The Lay of the Last Minstrel: Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrel Tradition
― The Lay of the Last Minstrel: Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrel Tradition
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Why resist the Iona hypthesis? In part to play devil's advocate, but mostly because the wit, verve and apparent sponteneity - the daredevil quality of the Book of Kells is not in evidence in Iona. It is, however, abundantly present in Pictish sculpture, and thanks to new research we now know that Pictland has a monastic site that once rivalled Iona.
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― The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma
― The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma
