Sutherland and Caithness in Saga-Time; or, The Jarls and The Freskyns

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ContentsCHAPTER I. — INTRODUCTORY 1A.D. 82-790 — Scope of this Book — Authorities — Roman times and their result — Post-Roman days.CHAPTER II. — THE PICT AND THE NORTHMAN 7Geography and description of Cat — Brochs — Picts — Christianity — Vikings — Gall-gaels — Gaelic — Land Settlement — The rise of the Scots.CHAPTER III. — THE EARLY NORSE JARLS 18790-1014 — Constantine I and the Northmen — Kenneth and the Union of the Picts and Scots — Thorstein the Red and Aud — Groa and Duncan of Duncansby — The Vikings and Harald Harfagr — Ragnvald of Maeri and Jarl Sigurd — Cyderhall — Torf-Einar, Thorfin...