Stuart McHardy examines the Pictish symbols which have been discovered on various items across Scotland. This interpretation serves as a backdrop for his analysis of the symbols themselves, providing a context for his suggestion that there was an underlying series of ideas and beliefs behind the creation of the symbols.

The people who created this great art were in many ways like ourselves - they lived and died, loved and married, worked and sang and faced the daily challenges of an uncertain world - just as we do. STUART McHARDY

Join historian Stuart McHardy as he examines the meanings of the Pictish symbol stones from a new perspective.

Part history, part art history, McHardy looks to the wealth of Scotland's symbolic stones to paint a diverse picture of the Picts, their lives, legacies and beliefs.

Stuart McHardy examines the Pictish symbols which have been discovered on various items across Scotland. The book sets out a cohesive interpretation of the Pictish past, using a variety of both temporal and geographical sources. This interpretation serves as a backdrop for his analysis of the symbols themselves, providing a context for his suggestion that there was an underlying series of ideas and beliefs behind the creation of the symbols.