Britain and Ireland, 900-1300 : Insular Responses to Medieval European Change (Hardcover)

Contributors; Preface; 1. The effect of Scandinavian raiders on the English and Irish churches: a preliminary reassessment Alfred P. Smyth; 2. The changing economy of the Irish sea province Benjamin T. Hudson; 3. Cults of Irish, Scottish and Welsh saints in twelfth-century England Robert Bartlett; 4. Sea-divided Gaels? constructing relationships between Irish and Scots c.800?1169 Maire Herbert; 5. The 1169 as a turning-point in Irish-Welsh relations Sean Duffy; 6. Killing and mutilating political enemies in the British Isles from the late twelfth to the early fourteenth century: a comparative study John Gillingham; 7. Anglo-French acculturation and the Irish element in Scottish identity Dauvit Broun; 8. John de Courcy, the first Ulster plantation and Irish church men Marie Therese Flanagan; 9. Coming in from the margins: the descendants of Somerled and cultural accommodation in the Hebrides 1164?1317 R. Andrew McDonald; 10. Nobility and identity in medieval Britain and Ireland: the de Vescy family, c.1120?1314 Keith J. Stringer; Bibliography; Index.