I was reading Tim Clarkson’s The Picts: A History (2008) last week and I came across the following:
The sources credit him [Cinead mac Alpin] with six campaigns in Northumbria, during which he seized the coastal fortress of Dunbar and burned the monastery of Old Melrose on the River Tweed. Dunbar was an important stronghold of [...]
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2 Dec
My Old Website
Much to my surprise, AOL pulled the rug out form under my feet and abruptly ended their support of member webpages. I shouldn’t be surprised since I haven’t been an actual subscriber for a while now, but still, my AOL email is still active. I wonder for how long? They also apparently ended service for [...]
9 Nov
LKM: Bernicia/Bryneich
Bernicia or Bryneich?
We know that the name of the kingdom was British and their name for it was Bryneich. No one has put forth a compelling translation for Bryneich. It appears to have been the southern part of Votandini (Gododdin) territory under the Romans, although it may have been independent then just without its [...]
16 Sep
Candida Casa, the White House
I was looking at Bede’s description of Ninian and Whithorn (Candida Casa) for today’s feast of St Ninan. What strikes me today is Bede’s claim that Whithorn is exceptional because it was a stone church and that Britons didn’t build stone churches. Hence its name, Candida Casa, the White house. Well, that is just false. [...]
23 May
PW: King Ecgfrith of Northumbria
On May 20th, 685 King Ecgfrith of Northumbria fell deep in Pictland at Dunnichen to King Bridei, who was somehow his cousin. As far as we know, Ecgfrith’s death at Dunnichen marked the deepest incursion into Pictland that we know of in the Anglo-Saxon period. Given that Ecgfrith invaded to prevent loosing hegemony, it [...]
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