• 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.

'Brendan Smith and the contributors are to be praised for their contributions to an increasingly important field of inquiry. This is a volume in which many will find much of value.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review