After the reconversion of Scandinavian Scotland in the tenth century, Christianity under papal authority was the dominant religion of the kingdom. In the Norman period, from the eleventh to …

Religion and what people believed in the middle ages was extremely important to them all over Europe and none more so than in Medieval Scotland. Those who were the most dedicated …

Learn through images about Religion in Late Medival Scotland and the Book of Hours of the Virgin Mary and St. Ninian.

After the Roman Empire's conquest of Gaul and southern Britain (43 AD), Celtic religion underwent some Romanisation, resulting in a hybrid Gallo-Roman religion with deities such as …

At the beginning of the medieval period, Christianity reached Scotland through a number of missions. These missions were successful in converting most of Scotland between the 5th and …

Very little is known about religion in Scotland before the arrival of Christianity. It is generally presumed to have resembled Celtic polytheism and there is evidence of the worship of spirits …

After the Vikings in northern Scotland became Christian in the 900s, the Roman Catholic Church became the main religion. In the Norman period (1000s to 1200s), the Scottish Church …

St Ninian and, in the 6th century, Saint Columba, brought with them a radical new faith that required a fresh approach to building for spiritual gatherings. The new faith transformed the …

What religious monuments in Scotland date back to the time (c. 3000–2000 BC) of the pyramids in Egypt? Did the Romans bring Christianity to Scotland? Who was St Columba? What is the …

5 days ago · From the monastic missionaries of the early medieval period to the fiery reformers of the Reformation and the Covenanters, Scotland’s religious history was marked by conflict, …