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Vikings in Early Medieval Ireland

Church-Raiding, Politics and Kingship

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Illuminates the dynamics of church raiding by Vikings in Ireland, relating this phenomenon to their wider objectives and political ambitions.This book offers the first comprehensive investigation of Viking raids on Irish churches from the late eighth to the early eleventh century, drawing on a wide range of sources, including Irish legal and literary material, archaeological and historical evidence and English and Frankish chronicles. Through a rigorous quantitative analysis of annalistic evidence, it sheds light on all aspects of this phenomenon: its chronological development, geographical distribution, immediate purpose and the broader context of Viking engagement with Gaelic Irish royal polities. Challenging the view that such raiding was merely a precursor to settlement and trade, it demonstrates that these attacks remained intrinsic to Viking activities throughout this period; it argues in particular that human captives-rather than metalwork or bullion-constituted the primary objective of church raids, with many held for ransom or sold into slavery. By tracing the evolution of random raids to strategically motivated attacks, it establishes church raiding as a deliberate instrument of political strategy, until the Battle of Clontarf (1014) marked a turning point in Viking-Irish relations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-10-28
Mått156 x 234 x 35 mm
Vikt1 001 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in Celtic History
Antal sidor562
FörlagBoydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN9781837652358

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Part I: Annals and the Chronology, Distribution and Purpose of Viking Raids on Irish Churches1. Introductory: Agenda, Methodology, Interpretation and Sources2. The Chronology of Viking Church Raids3. The Regional Distribution of Viking Church Raids4. The Immediate Purpose of Viking Church Raids5. Viking Raiding of Churches and Politics: Quantitative AnalysisAppendix 1: Catalogue of Viking Raids on Irish Churches in the Annals, 795-1015Appendix 2: Catalogue of Viking Raids on Irish Churches Unique to Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib, 795-1015Part II: Viking Kings and the Broader Context of Raids on Churches6. Early Viking Church Raiders and the Emergence of Political Purpose7. The Mid-Ninth-Century Crisis: Laithlinn, 'Fair Foreigners' and 'Black Foreigners'8. Church Raiding and Politics in the Era of Amlaíb and Ímar9. Church Raiding and Politics in the Later Ninth Century10. Exile, Return and the Dublin-York Axis: The Context of Church Raiding, 914- 94111. York Lost and Dublin Re-Orientated: Amlaíb Cúarán, 941-98012. Church Raiding and Subjugated Vikings, 980-101413. EpilogueBibliographyIndex

Etchingham's research is a splendid read and possibly one of the best choices for a first overview of the scholarly discussions on Vikings in early medieval Ireland. His dense source work and his skills in reading and comparing Frankish, Anglo-Saxon, and Irish material are remarkable. The angle Etchingham chose to observe Viking activity in Ireland is crucial and an important contribution to the field ... Hence, I can warmly recommend this book and encourage this dive into scholarly debates and Viking warfare.