Article about the Picts

[ardchoille]

"History is often written by those who would hang heroes."

[actualrealproperscot]

"History is often written by those who would hang heroes."

And I bet they wrote history better than mel gibson.

[Arlen]

And I bet they wrote history better than mel gibson.

Aye, well... wouldn't be hard.


Thanks for the article. I've a bit of a thing for Pictish art and all the history (Written recently) of the Picts I've read definitely showed them in a better light.
Nice to see more proof of it.

[macneighill]

Awesome article . . thanks Jake for the post .

[Nick the DSM]

Thanks for the post, I enjoyed it.

[slohairt]

It isn't surprising that the Picts were probably more sophisticated than we give them credit for. Considering them uncivilised savages was the same view held by academia about the Celts in the past. Different cultures do (and did) different things better than others. Comparing 'levels of sophistication' is really pointless.

Much of our history is indeed tainted by the bias of the conqueror. In the case of the Isles, it is the English. Though fast disappearing, a pervasive sense of cultural superiority was rife throughout the writings of the 19th Century. They even took to wearing a few different hats whilst doing it: Anglo-Saxon superiority, Anglo-Norman superiority, and even Roman superiority. (A bit of stretch!) No culture in the Isles was more 'advanced' than the other, each merely had aspects which were better. It all balanced out in the end.