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PICTS AND SCOTS

  History   Society : Houses and Economy   Religion   Art   Language   End

 The Picts were a confederation of tribes who lived in Pictland before the Roman conquest of Britain. They spoke Pictish language.  Pictland be turned into Scotland. With that, the Picts became Scots.

 The culture of the Picts wasn’t very different from Galeics and Anglo – Saxons.  They settled near the streng this or religious foundation. There were not towns until the 12 th century.  The houses were round, with rectangular rooms. Churches were of stone or wood.  The Picts used water mill and furnaces in they daily lives.

 The Picts were farmers. They had many pigs and sheeps, which used the wool. The rich had horses too.  They grew: wheat, barley, oats and rye.  Vegetables included kale, cabbage, onions, leeks, peas, beans, turnips and carrots.

 At first, seemed to Celtic polytheism, al though nothing remains of that time.  The date at which the Pictish converted to Christianity is uncertain.  At this time, the nobility had they own churches.

 Art was similar to Celtic and then, to the Insular.  It appears on stones, metals and small objects of stone and bone scattered throughout Pictland.

 The Picts language has not survived.  In that language were the names of places and people.  At first, it seemed that was Celt.

This work is done by: This work is done by: María Torrecillas Mónica Hortal Inés Sánchez Raquel Molina Beatriz Martínez