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 Màire Herbert; 5. The 1169 as a turning-point in
Irish-Welsh relations Seàn 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.