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Fib
Origins
Fib appears among the seven Pictish provinces named after the legendary sons of Cruithne. Its territory corresponded broadly to modern Fife and Kinross, between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth.
Rule and society
Nothing is known of its rulers in the Pictish period. The peninsula was fertile, and St Andrews, known earlier as Cennrigmonaid, became one of the leading Pictish churches, receiving relics of Saint Andrew by tradition in the 8th century.
Decline and legacy
Fib became the earldom of Fife within the Kingdom of Scotland, whose earls held the right to enthrone the king at Scone. Fife still calls itself 'the Kingdom'.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
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- Fib was part of Kingdom of the Picts600 CE – 900 CE
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- APA
- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fib. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/fib
- MLA
- “Fib.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/fib. Accessed .
- Chicago
- The Epoch Institute. “Fib.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/fib.
- Harvard
- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Fib’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/fib (Accessed: ).
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