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Cover 1 Title 3 Copyright 4 Contents 6 List of Illustrations 8 Acknowledgements 9 List of Abbreviations for Works Frequently Cited 11 Note on Personal Names 15 Maps and Genealogies 16 Introduction: Forgotten Kingdoms? The Sea Kings and Their Age 21 1 Islands, Coasts and Peoples: Man and the Isles in the Early Historic Period 31 2 In Search of the Sea Kings: The Sources for the History of the Late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles 47 3 Islands Scattered about in the Sea’: The World of the Sea Kings 68 4 Warlords and Peaceable Men: Making the Kingdom, 1066–1153 86 5 Unmaking and Remaking the Kingdom: Somerled and His Descendants, 1153–c. 1225 107 6 The Deeds of the Brothers Rognvald and Olaf’: Apex and Adversity, 1153–1237 126 7 The Ill Luck of the South-Islanders’: The Last Sea Kings, 1230–1266 153 8 A Fruitful Place? Economic Activity in the Kingdoms of Man and the Isles 180 9 Men of the Speckled Ships: Ships, Sea Power and Fighting Men 206 10 Kingship in Man and the Isles: Tradition and Innovation 218 11 Devout and Enthusiastic in Matters of Religion’: The Sea Kings and the Church 247 Epilogue: Swansongs, 1275–1305 273 Exploring the World of the Sea Kings 280 Notes 285 Bibliogra

Author
McDonald, R. Andrew;
Publisher
Birlinn
Language
EN

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