| Obscurity of history of Britain after the departure of the Romans | [114] | |
| Settlement of barbaric tribes in Britain | [114] | |
| Ignorance of Britain by writers of the sixth century | [115] | |
| Position of Britain at this time as viewed from Rome | [117] | |
| The four races in Britain | [119] | |
| The Britons | [120] | |
| The Picts | [123] | |
| The Scots | [137] | |
| The Saxons | [144] | |
| War with Octa and Ebissa’s colony | [152] | |
| Kingdom of Bernicia | [155] | |
| A.D. 573. Battle of Ardderyd | [157] | |
| A.D. 603. Battle of Degsastane or Dawstane | [162] | |
CHAPTER IV.
ETHNOLOGY OF BRITAIN
| Inquiry into Ethnology of Britain proper at this stage | [164] | |
| An Iberian or Basque people preceded the Celtic race in Britain and Ireland | [164] | |
| Ethnologic traditions | [170] | |
| British traditions | [171] | |
| Irish traditions | [172] | |
| Dalriadic legend | [184] | |
| Pictish legends | [185] | |
| Saxon legends | [189] | |
| Languages of Britain | [192] | |
| Anglic language | [193] | |
| British language | [193] | |
| Language of the Scots | [193] | |
| The Pictish language | [194] | |
| Evidence derived from topography | [212] | |
CHAPTER V.
THE FOUR KINGDOMS.
| Result of ethnological inquiry | [226] | |
| The four kingdoms | [227] | |
| Scottish kingdom of Dalriada | [229] | |
| Kingdom of the Picts | [230] | |
| Kingdom of the Britons of Alclyde | [235] | |
| Kingdom of Bernicia | [236] | |
| The Debateable lands | [237] | |
| Galloway | [238] | |
| A.D. 606. Death of Aidan, king of Dalriada; Aedilfrid conquers Deira, and expels Aeduin | [239] | |
| A.D. 617. Battle between Aeduin and Aedilfrid | [239] | |
| A.D. 627. Battle of Ardcorann between Dalriads and Cruithnigh | [241] | |
| A.D. 629. Domnall Breac becomes king of Dalriada | [242] | |
| A.D. 631. Garnaid, son of Wid, succeeds Cinaeth mac Luchtren as king of the Picts | [242] | |
| A.D. 633. Battle of Haethfeld. Aeduin slain by Caedwalla and Penda | [243] | |
| A.D. 634. Battle of Hefenfeld. Osuald becomes king of Northumbria | [244] | |
| A.D. 635. Battle of Seguise, between Garnait, son of Foith, and the family of Nectan | [246] | |
| A.D. 634. Battle of Calathros, in which Domnall Breac was defeated | [247] | |
| A.D. 638. Battle of Glenmairison, and siege of Edinburgh | [249] | |
| A.D. 642. Domnall Breac slain in Strathcarron | [250] | |
| A.D. 642. Osuald slain in battle by Penda | [252] | |
| A.D. 642-670. Osuiu, his brother, reigns twenty-eight years | [253] | |
| Dominion of Angles over Britons, Scots, and Picts | [256] | |
| A.D. 670. Death of Osuiu, and accession of Ecgfrid his son | [260] | |
| A.D. 672. Revolt of the Picts | [260] | |
| A.D. 678. Wilfrid expelled from his diocese | [262] | |
| Expulsion of Drost, king of the Picts, and accession of Brude, son of Bile | [262] | |
| A.D. 684. Ireland ravaged by Ecgfrid | [264] | |
| A.D. 685. Invasion of kingdom of Picts by Ecgfrid; defeat and death at Dunnichen | [265] | |
| Effect of defeat and death of Ecgfrid | [267] | |
| Position of Angles and Picts | [267] | |
| Position of Scots and Britons | [271] | |
| Contest between Cinel Loarn and Cinel Gabhran | [271] | |
| Conflict between Dalriads and Britons | [273] | |
CHAPTER VI.
THE KINGDOM OF SCONE.
| State of the four kingdoms in 731 | [275] |
| Alteration in their relative position | [276] |
| Legend of St. Bonifacius | [277] |
| A.D. 710. Nectan, son of Derili, conforms to Rome | [278] |
| Establishment of Scone as capital | [280] |
| The Seven provinces | [280] |
| The Coronation Stone | [281] |
| A.D. 717. Expulsion of Columban clergy | [283] |
| Simultaneous revolution in Dalriada and kingdom of the Picts | [286] |
| A.D. 731-761. Aengus mac Fergus, king of the Picts | [289] |
| Suppressed century of Dalriadic history | [292] |
| Foundation of St. Andrews | [296] |
| A.D. 761-763. Bruide mac Fergusa, king of the Picts | [299] |
| A.D. 763-775. Ciniod, son of Wredech, king of the Picts | [300] |
| A.D. 775-780. Alpin, son of Wroid, king of the Picts | [301] |
| A.D. 789-820. Constantin, son of Fergus, king of the Picts | [302] |
| Norwegian and Danish pirates | [302] |
| A.D. 820-832. Aengus, son of Fergus, king of Fortrenn | [305] |
| A.D. 832. Alpin the Scot attacks the Picts, and is slain | [306] |
| A.D. 836-839. Eoganan, son of Aengus | [307] |
| A.D. 839. Kenneth mac Alpin invades Pictavia | [308] |
| A.D. 844. Kenneth mac Alpin becomes king of the Picts | [309] |
| The Gallgaidhel | [311] |
| Obscurity of this period of the history | [314] |
| Causes and nature of revolution which placed Kenneth on the throne of the Picts | [314] |
| Where did the Scots come from? | [316] |
| What was Kenneth mac Alpin’s paternal descent? | [321] |
| A.D. 860-864. Donald, son of Alpin, king of the Picts | [322] |
| A.D. 863. Constantin, son of Kenneth, king of the Picts | [323] |
| A.D. 877-878. Aedh, son of Kenneth, king of the Picts | [328] |
| A.D. 878-889. Girig mac Dungaile and Eochodius, son of Run | [329] |