Dalriada
Suggested reading
Classic studies and texts
- O. Anderson and M. O. Anderson (eds.), Adomnán’s Life of Columba (first published London & Edinburgh, Nelson, 1961; new edition Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991)
- J. Bannerman, Studies in the History of Dalriada (Edinburgh, Scottish Academic Press, 1974)
- P. Smyth, Warlords and Holy Men: Scotland AD 80-1000 (first published London, Arnold, 1984; republished Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1989)
Most recent books
- L. Alcock, Kings and Warriors, Craftsmen and Priests in Northern Britain AD 550-850 (Edinburgh, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2003)
- E. Campbell, Saints and Sea-Kings: the first kingdom of the Scots (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1999)
- Fisher, Early Medieval Sculpture in the West Highlands and Islands (Edinburgh, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland and the Society of Antiquaries Scotland, 2001)
- J. E. Fraser, From Caledonia to Pictland: Scotland to 795 (Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2009)
- R. Sharpe, Adomnán of Iona: Life of St Columba (London, Penguin, 1995)