You have recently married Malcolm III 'Canmore'. You are now Queen of Scotland, a country which is foreign to you. You were brought up in England and Hungary with all the privileges and manners of a modern court. Scotland seems a wild and uncivilised place with many different peoples, cultures and languages.

Evidence of the sculpture of the Angles in the early Christian monuments of Scotland. Northumbrian style cross shaft, Hoddom, Dumfries-shire.

Evidence of a mix of cultures in south-east Scotland. Northumbrian style cross slab fragment, Coldingham, Berwickshire.