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Book SynopsisAssesses the medieval legacy of the Isle of Man highlights the island's position as a cockpit of English, Scottish, Irish and Norwegian power-politics. This title explores the multi-cultural traditions of Man, and addresses the role it was to play throughout the medieval period as a focal point in a complex nexus of inter-relationships.
Table of ContentsPreface
Names Concordance
Notes on Contributors
Introduction – Setting the Scene: Man at the turn of the millennium - David M. Wilson
PART ONE: POLITICS
1 Man and the Irish Sea World in the eleventh century - Seán Duffy
2 The Isle of Man and the kings of Norway: Magnús Barelegs and after - Rosemary Power
3 Man, Somerled, and the Isles: the rise of a new dynasty, c. 1100–64 58 - R. Andrew McDonald
4 The reigns of Guðröðr and Rögnvaldr, 1153–1229 - Ruth Costain-Russell
5 The last kings of Man, 1229–1265 97 - Edward J. Cowan
6 The Isle of Man under Scottish Rule, 1266–1333 - Colm McNamee
7 Man under the Montacutes, 1333–92 - W.M. Ormrod
8 English rule confirmed: the Isle of Man 1389–1406 - Michael J. Bennett
PART TWO: SOCIETY
9 The Isle of Man in a European context - Benjamin T. Hudson
10 Man in the Norse world - Barbara E. Crawford
11 Language in Man: prehistory to literacy - R.L. Thomson
12 The Manx place-name evidence - Gillian Fellows-Jensen
13 The Isle of Man in medieval Gaelic literature - Charles W. MacQuarrie
14 The Chronicles of the Kings of Man and the Isles - Bernadette Williams
15 The early history of the diocese of Sodor - Alex Woolf
16 Medieval monasticism and the Isle of Man c. 1130–1540 - P.J. Davey
17 Economy and trade in medieval Man - David Ditchburn and Benjamin Hudson
18 Coinage - Kristin Bornholdt Collins
19 The system of land division and assessment - Gareth Williams
20 Medieval archaeology and architecture - P.J. Davey and A.C.C. Johnson
Conclusion – Man’s medieval legacy - Tim Thornton
Volume 3 Abbreviations
Bibliography: editions of primary sources and earlier printed texts
Bibliography: books and articles
Index
