An enquiry into the history of Scotland: preceding the reign of Malcom III. or the year 1056. Including the authentic history of that period. In two volumes. By John Pinkerton. ... [pt.2]

Title

An enquiry into the history of Scotland: preceding the reign of Malcom III. or the year 1056. Including the authentic history of that period. In two volumes. By John Pinkerton. ... [pt.2]

Author

Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826.

Publication

London :: printed by John Nichols, for George Nicol; and John Bell, Edinburgh,

1789.

Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.lib.umich.edu/tcp/ecco/ for more information.

Link to this Item

https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004890131.0001.002 content_copy

Cite this Item

"An enquiry into the history of Scotland: preceding the reign of Malcom III. or the year 1056. Including the authentic history of that period. In two volumes. By John Pinkerton. ... [pt.2]." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collections Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/004890131.0001.002. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND.
• half title
• map
• AN ENQUIRY INTO SCOTISH HISTORY Preceding the Year 1056.
  • CHAPTER I. Irish origins; and progres of the Dalriads from Ireland to North Britain.
    • SECTION I. Irish Origins.
    • SECTION II. Progress of the Old Scots, or Dalriads, from Ireland to North Britain.
  • CHAPTER II. The first Colony of Old Scots in North Britain, under Riada, about the Year 258; being the DALREU∣DINI, or ATTACOTTI.
  • CHAPTER III. The second arrival of the Ancient Scots in Britain, and first establishment of the Dalriadic Kingdom in 503.
  • CHAPTER IV. Extent of the Kingdom of Dalriada.
  • CHAPTER V. Catalogue of the Dalriadic Kings.
  • CHAPTER VI. Manners, Languages, Antiquities, &c. of the Old British Scots.
• half title
• PART V. Piks and Dalriads united.
  • CHAPTER I. Union of the Piks and Dalriads.
  • CHAPTER II. The Kings from 843 till 1056.
  • CHAPTER III. Extent of the united territories during this period, from 843 till 1056.
  • CHAPTER IV. Origin of the name SCOTLAND.
  • CHAPTER V. Manners and Antiquities of this Period from 843 till 1056.
• half title
• PART VI. Ecclesiastic and Literary History.
  • CHAPTER I. Ecclesiastic History.
  • CHAPTER II. Literary History.
• half title
• SUPPLEMENT. The Angles, and the Norwegians.
  • SECTION I. The Angles.
  • SECTION II. The Norwegians. History of the Iles.
    • 1. The Orkneys.
    • 2. The Hebudes.
• half title
• APPENDIX To Volume II.
  • NUMBER I. Extracts from the Annals of Ulster.
  • NUMBER II. The Albanic Duan, with translations.
    • A free transtation of the same, with some remarks, by Mr. O'Conor.
    • Remarks.
  • NUMBER III. The succession of Scotish Kings, inserted in the Chronicle of Melrose;comprizing the Chronicon Elegiacum. Gale et Fulman Scriptores Angl. Oxon. 1684, tom. I. ad finem, p. 595—598.
    • Various readings and additions of the MS. Successio Regum Scotorum (Bib. Bodl. C. IV. 3.) with that published in Gale and Fulman, Scriptores Quindecim. The MS. is Saec. XIII.
  • NUMBER IV. Kings of Norway.
  • NUMBER V. Kings of Denmark.
  • NUMBER VI. Kings of Sweden.
  • NUMBER VII. Earls of the Orkneys.
  • NUMBER VIII. Some themes for dissertations on Scotish history.
• map
• GENEALOGY OF KINGS. Vol. II. p. 350.
• TABLES OF KINGS.
• INDEX.
• map
• title page
• PREFACE.
• List of the Chief Books and Editions used.
• CONTENTS.
• Corrections.
• half title
• A DISSERTATION ON THE Origin and Progress of the Scythians or Goths.
  • PART I. The identity of the Scythians, Getoe, and Goths —Whether they proceeded from Europe into Asia, or from Asia into Europe—Their real origin, and first progress—Their settlements in the East, and between the Euxine and Mediterranean seas.
    • CHAPTER I. The Scythians, Getoe, and Goths, all one people.
    • CHAPTER II. Whether the Scythians or Goths proceeded from Scandinavia into Asia; or from Asia into Europe.
    • CHAPTER III. The real origin, and first progress, of the Scythians or Goths: and their Eastern Settlements.
    • CHAPTER IV. The Western Settlements of the Scythians or Goths between the Euxine and Mediterranean seas.
  • half title
  • PART II. The extended Settlements of the Scythians or Goths over all Germany, and in Scandinavia.
    • CHAPTER I. The Germans not of Sarmatic, nor Celtic, origin.
    • CHAPTER II. The Germans were Scythoe. FIRST GRAND ARGUMENT: From Identity of Language.
    • CHAPTER III. The Germans were Scythae. SECOND GRAND ARGUMENT: From the testimonies of Ancient Authors.
    • CHAPTER IV.
      • The Germans were Scythae. THIRD GRAND ARGUMENT: From Similar Manners.
      • THIRD GRAND ARGUMENT. The Germans were Scythae from similar Manners.
    • CHAPTER V.
      • The progress of the Scythians into Scandinavia especially considered.
      • Epochs of the First Gothic Progress over Europe.
      • Epochs of the Second Gothic Progress from Getia and from Germany over Europe.
• Appendix.
  • TRANSLATION.
    • TRANSLATION.
  • REMARKS.
• Index.