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	Picts - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The Picts were probably tributary to Northumbria until the reign of Bridei map Beli, when the Anglians suffered a defeat at the battle of Dunnichen which halted their expansion northwards.
		In the reign of Cínaed's grandson, Caustantín mac Áeda (900–943), the kingdom of the Picts became the kingdom of Alba.
		The Picts are often said to have practised matrilineal succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement in Bede's history.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Picts (4563 words)

	Bridei III of the Picts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bridei's mother was probably a daughter of King Edwin of Deira.
		It is clear that, from his base in Fortriu (or Moray), Bridei was establishing his overlordship of the lands to the north, and those to the south, perhaps putting himself in a position to attack the Anglian possessions (or overlordship) which existed in the far south.
		Bridei's death is recorded by both the Annals of Ulster and the Annals of Tigernach under the year 693.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bridei_III_of_the_Picts (475 words)

	Picts - ninemsn Encarta
		Introduction; The Unification of the Picts; Christianity in Pictavia; The Decline of the Picts
		Picts, inhabitants of Scotland north of the River Forth between c.
		In the 7th century the Picts suffered from the expansionist ambitions of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Bernicia.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761557028/Picts.html (683 words)

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		The Picts were a group of tribal peoples known to be living north of the Forth - Clyde line between the arrival of the Romans in northern Britain c.100 AD and the mid 9th century.
		With the arrival of Christianity the Picts developed the intricate and beautiful Class II cross-slabs, on which the native symbols are combined with the Christian cross.
		Bridei's victory is regarded by some historians as laying the basis for the eventual creation of the Scottish nation.
	www.tattoo-2001.com /picts.html (921 words)

	The Picts
		They were first mentioned during the Roman campaign of Emperor Severus in 210 AD and while it is known that they lived in Scotland in the first millennium AD, and their territory was taken over by the Scots in the 9th century, little else is definite.
		The Picts neighbours to the south were the Northumbrians or Angles, a powerful tribe who had established the kingdom of Bernicia.
		The Battle of Dunnichen with its far-reaching consequences was an event of enormous significance for the Picts, and would have been recounted from one generation to another.
	www.angusahead.com /web/site/VisitAngus/GenealogyHistoryCult/ThePicts.asp (945 words)

	Picts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Picts were probably tributary to Northumbria until the reign of Bridei map Beli, when the Anglians suffered a defeat at the battle of Dunnichen which halted their expansion northwards.
		In the reign of Cínaed's grandson, Caustantín mac Áeda (900–943), the kingdom of the Picts became the kingdom of Alba.
		The Picts are often said to have practised matrilineal succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement in Bede's history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Picts (4528 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kings of the Picts
		The Picts inhabited Pictavia or Pictland - Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth - prior to the Scotticisation of the area.
		According to this theory, the languages of the Picts and the Basques represent remnants of the pre-Indoeuropean population of Europe.
		From the 6th century AD onwards the Picts came under increasing pressure from the invasions of the Dalriadan Scots in the west and the Vikings in the east.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kings-of-the-Picts (272 words)

	Orkneyjar - The Picts in Orkney - Early accounts of Pictish Orkney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		From Orkney, wrote Nennius, the Picts went on to conquer all of Britain north of the Firth of Forth.
		Upon receiving their brides from the Irish noblemen, the Picts agreed that their kings would always be taken from the mother's side.
		This fact that has led some scholars to suggest that although Orkney's rulers had accepted Bridei as their overlord, it was perhaps a strained truce and one that required certain safeguards to maintain.
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/picts/earlyaccounts.htm (597 words)

	The Disappearance of the Picts
		The Picts seem to have had matrilinear succession and this may have partly contributed to their fading from the records, at least as the ruling class.
		Not only were the Picts facing encroachments on their territory by the Scots, they also had to contest with the Angles, Britons and Welsh.
		Bridei then 'cleansed' Caledonia of the remaining Angles who had occupied the land for around 30 years.
	www.martinfrost.ws /htmlfiles/gazette/picts_disapear.html (1122 words)

	The Pictish Kings
		We are also told that Columba needed interpreters to speak to the king, clear evidence that the Picts did not speak the Celtic language of the Irish and Scots (or at the very least not the Gael version of the Celtic tongue).
		Bridei was succeeded by Gartnait IV, the 37th king in the list, who reigned for about 20 years.
		Bridei was followed by Taran, son of Enfidach and he was in form followed by Brude/Bridei IV, possibly the grandson of the Brude of Nechtansmere fame.
	halfmoon.tripod.com /pict2.html (2249 words)

	Kings and Queens of Scotland, Part 1
		Bridei was the first Pictish king to show an interest in Christianity and he met St Columba at his power base near Inverness.
		South of the Picts and Scots was the kingdom of Strathclyde, centred on Dumbarton Rock.
		By inheritance (his grandmother was a Pict) and by conquest, he also became king of the Picts in 843 and by 858 ruled as far as the river Tweed (near the current English border).
	www.rampantscotland.com /features/monarchs.htm (2683 words)

	The Pictish Kings
		We are also told that Columba needed interpreters to speak to the king, clear evidence that the Picts did not speak the Celtic language of the Irish and Scots (or at the very least not the Gael version of the Celtic tongue).
		Bridei was succeeded by Gartnait IV, the 37th king in the list, who reigned for about 20 years.
		Bridei was followed by Taran, son of Enfidach and he was in form followed by Brude/Bridei IV, possibly the grandson of the Brude of Nechtansmere fame.
	members.tripod.com /~Halfmoon/pict2.html (2249 words)

	AncientWeb.org
		This event, no doubt, hastened the downfall of the Pictish monarchy; and as the Picts were unable to resist the arms of Kenneth, the Scottish king, he carried into execution, in the year 843, a project he had long entertained, of uniting the Scots and Picts, and placing both crowns on his head.
		The Picts were recognised as a distict people even in the tenth century, but before the twelfth they lost their characteristic nominal distinction by being amalgamated with the Scots, their conquerors.
		The Picts certainly appear to have suffered severe defeat, but the likelihood is that after Kenneth succeeded to the throne, a gradual fusion of the two people took place, so that in course of time they became essentially one speaking language, oveying the same laws, and following the same manners and customs.
	www.ancientweb.org /Scotland/index.htm (5866 words)

	Story of Scotland: Scots, Picts, Angles & Britons
		Since the Picts are the oldest race to occupy Scotland, it seems logical to begin with them.
		The Picts seem to emerge the strongest of the four peoples, as we head into the 4-5th centuries, which suggests their dominance of the other tribes.
		Bridei was more successful than his predecessors were against the Angles and his fleet nearly destroyed the growing power of Orkney in 682.
	members.aol.com /scothist/scot3.html (6517 words)

	Picts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		This was previously thought to lie in the area around Perth and the southern Strathearn, whereas recent work has convinced those working in the field that Moray (a name referring to a very much larger area in the High Middle Ages than the traditional county of Moray), was the core of Fortriu.
		The Picts are often said to have practised matrilineal succession on the basis of Irish legends and a statement in Bede 's history.
		Popular etymology has long interpreted the name ''Pict'' as if it derived from the Latin the word ''Picti'' meaning "painted folk" or possibly "tattooed ones"; and this may relate to the Welsh word ''Pryd'' meaning "to mark" or "to draw".
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Picts (4634 words)

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		Once the Picts were drunk, the Scots allegedly pulled bolts from the benches, trapping the Picts in concealed earthen hollows under the benches; additionally, the traps were set with sharp blades, such that the falling Picts impaled themselves.
		When Columba visited the Pictish king, Bridei, son of Maelchon, in 565, he went to one of the royal fortresses; it was 'near the river Ness' and the most widely accepted identification is Castle Urguhart on Loch Ness...
		A Pict's life was not altogether different than that of his southern Celtic neighbors; they all spoke a very similar language, as the Pictish language is convincingly argued to have been P-Celtic or Brittonic.
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	BBC - History - Scottish History
		The Picts were massacred at a battle near the town of Grangemouth, where the rivers Carron and Avon meet.
		The defeated Picts took Bridei, son of Bili, as the king of a much depleted Pictland.
		King Bridei was actually the cousin of his mortal enemy, King Ecgfrith of the Angles, but, in true Dark Age fashion, this didn't diminish their mutual desire to destroy each other.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/scottishhistory/darkages/trails_darkages_picts.shtml (528 words)

	Orkneyjar - Who were the Picts?
		From the outset, they were regarded as savage warriors and by the time the Norsemen were compiling their sagas, and histories, the memory of the Picts had degenerated into a semi-mythical race of fairies.
		Theories abound, although these days it is generally accepted that the Picts were not, as once believed, a new race, but were simply the descendants of the indigenous Iron Age people of northern Scotland.
		The word Pict means "painted people" and probably referred to the Pictish custom of either tattooing their bodies or embellishing themselves with "warpaint".
	www.orkneyjar.com /history/picts (819 words)

	King of the Picts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It was to visit King Bridei, that Columba, an Irish prince and priest (fresh from the founding of his monastery on Iona), made his way up the Great Glen in 565 A.D. At first he was received with suspicion.
		When, for instance, Columba and his brethren were once singing vespers outside King Bridei's royal house, the druids tried to shout him down, but the saint was instantly supplied with such a strong voice that his roared-out rendition of the forty-fifth psalm struck terror into all who were present, including the king.
		By then, indeed, Bridei had a healthy respect for the crusading Christian which was to ripen into affection as the years went by, and which was reciprocated.
	www.legenca.freeserve.co.uk /brude/brude.html (683 words)

	A Brief History of the Picts
		Perhaps the most famous missionary to the Picts was Saint Columba, a follower of Saint Patrick who, who in 563 AD left Ireland for the island of Iona to establish a monastery that persisted for 250 years.
		Bridei's momentous victory is recorded in stone on the beautiful cross slab in Aberlemno churchyard, located a few miles from the battle.
		With the Picts to the east cut off, and the Dalriada Scots cut off from their cousins in Ireland, the impact of the new Viking threat was undecided.
	www.pictavia.org /history/history.html (1152 words)

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		The early Picts purportedly extended back to the Bronze Age, but the first record of their existence was in 84 AD by the historian Tacitus, who was the son in law to Julius Agricolus.
		King Bridei ruled the tribes of Picts in Northern Scotland from 554 to 584 AD, and for the latter years he was nominally the king over the defeated Scots as well.
		Thus, it is clear that the Picts did not speak the Gael version of the Celtic tongue, which was introduced to Britain's Isles by waves of settlers between 2000 BC and 400 BC.
	www.greatclanross.org /htext8~Q8.html (985 words)

	Dunkeld Culdees.
		As the Northern Celts or Picts had already appropriated the altars and monuments of their predecessors, so they appropriated the festivals and saints of the new religion.
		In 834, the Picts mustered a large army and occupied the Castle of Caledon, but in 839, owing to the complete destruction of their Royal House in a battle with the Vikings, Kenneth MacAlpine of Galloway became King of the Scots and Picts combined.
		The Abbot of Dunkeld, receiving the title of the Bishop of Fortrenn was thereby recognised as the Head of the Pictish Church; as the Abbot of Dunkeld, he was the guardian of St. Columba’s relics, and so was, by common consent, regarded as head of the Columban Church.
	www.visitdunkeld.com /dunkeld-culdees.htm (2856 words)

	Picts and Pictish language: an article by Cyril Babaev
		When Celts came to the British Isles in the 7th and 6th centuries BC, Picts already inhabited the lands north to modern Edinburgh, and when Romans invaded Britain in the 1st century BC and came to Scotland in the next one, they were still there occupying just the same lands.
		Picts came to Britain in the beginning of the 1st millennium BC; Celts began their expansion through Europe only in the 8th century BC (Halstatt culture) and their migration to the Isles started only in the 7th century.
		Picts were described everywhere as a people painted all over; their face, their hands and bodies were covered with paintings or tattoos, and that's what was so terrible to Roman soldiers who came to Scotland.
	indoeuro.bizland.com /archive/article7.html (3340 words)

	Our Family Genealogy Pages: The Andress Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In Scotland the northern Picts were converted to Christianity probably in the 4th century, and the southern Picts were converted probably in the 5th century.
		The Picts, who by this time were united under a king, also fought continuously in Scotland with the Scots who had settled there in the 4th century.
		Unlike the Picts: the Scandinavians had remained in Europe long enough for their Runic language (Old Futhark), to be greatly influenced by the steady incursion of the linguistically.
	www.thenavarres.com /genealogy/histories/andress_history.php (7379 words)

	Óengus I of the Picts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Fighting between the Picts, led by Óengus's son Bridei, and the Dál Riata, led by Talorgan mac Congussa, is recorded in 731.
		There is the presence of Óengus's son Bridei at Tory Island, on the north-west coast of Donegal in 733, close to the lands of Áed Allán's enemy Flaithbertach mac Loingsig.
		In 740, a war between the Picts and the Northumbrians is reported, during which Æthelbald, King of Mercia, took advantage of the absence of Eadberht of Northumbria to ravage his lands, and perhaps burn York.
	www.yourproxy.org /nph-proxy.cgi/010110A/http/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/=25C3=2593engus_I_of_the_Picts (3340 words)

	Rh (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Picts and the Northern Irish are the close relatives of the master builders after all and probably ARE the master builders.
		The Picts still carried on the language and traditions of the ancient British people but their megalithic structures were not at the same scale as those in the south.
		This was considered a big disadvantage, so in 685 A.D. King Bridei of the Picts, as a defensive strategy, hired a crew of itinerant stone masons, who had been working on the cathedral at Uppsala in Sweden, to symbolically record the best possible alliances of the many tribes on stones.
	www.islandnet.com /~nyland/rh.htm (7047 words)

	Battle of the Forth (560 AD) -- Dalriadic Scots vs. Picts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		It was a fortuitous time to attack as the Christian Southern Picts were locked in a deadly civil war with their pagan brothers to the North.
		Bridei was the son of Maelgwn, King of the North Welsh, the most powerful king in Briton at this time.
		A hillfort Broch or Dun is practically a necessity to battles between the Scots and Picts with the attacking army either one of Gabran's conquering armies or later part of the Pictish counter-attack of Bridei.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/theforth.html (1225 words)

	The Heroic Age: Politics of Exile in Early Northumbria, N/B
		Smyth (1984:65) has speculated that Gwid was a son of Nechtan of the Strathclyde dynasty and king of Picts based on the occurrence of a Gwid son of "Peithan" in the poem Y Gododdin.
		Smyth (1984: 58-65) seeks to make this identification because he believes the Picts practiced a strictly paternal succession and this identification would support the sons of Wid/Gwid as the grandsons of Neithon of Strathclyde, King of Picts and paternal cousins of Bridei son of Beli son of Nechtan, King of Picts 672-693.
		However, Molly Miller (1982:151-153) has shown that the Picts practiced a form of mixed maternal and paternal succession whereby brothers inherited when possible, as is also found in the patrilinear succession among contemporary Anglo-Saxons, but maternal succession was used when the throne passed to the next generation.
	www.mun.ca /mst/heroicage/issues/2/ha2pen2.htm (3884 words)

	Amazon.com: The Dark Mirror (The Bridei Chronicles, Book 1): Books: Juliet Marillier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Bridei, Broichan, and Tuala comprise this central trio whose lives are intertwined long ago in pre-Celtic Scotland.
		However, Bridei firmly believes that the child, whom he names Tuala, was left for him by the Shining One (Goddess and moon) and vows to care for her.
		Bridei is destined to be a great king but is snatched from his home as a boy for a life of isolation and study.
	www.amazon.com /Dark-Mirror-Bridei-Chronicles-Book/dp/0765309955 (2424 words)

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