Description
Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary analysis of a subject that has intrigued scholars for generations, Into the Ocean will challenge the assumptions of anyone interested in the Atlantic branch of the Celtic world.
Trade Review'This groundbreaking monograph brings detail and great clarity to a topic whose treatment has frequently been piecemeal and even romantic. It makes a major contribution to our understanding of the early medieval settlement of the North Atlantic.' -- Jonathan Wooding Parergon vol 32:02:2015
Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements List of Illustrations, Tables and Abbreviations Introduction Chapter One: Nineteenth-Century Legacies: Literature, Language and the Imagining of the St. Lawrence Irish Chapter Two: A Fruitful Conversation Between Disciplines Chapter Three: Pabbays and Paibles: Pap-Names and Gaelic and Old Norse Speakers in Scotland's Hebridean Islands Chapter Four: Seljaland, Vestur-Eyjafjallahreppur, Iceland Chapter Five: Dating the Cave Chapter Six: Three Dimensions of Environmental Change Chapter Seven: The Crosses of a Desert Place? To Conclude References
