Throughout the medieval period, the ‘Inner Seas’ linking Scotland, the Hebrides, and the north of Ireland represented a confluence and crucible of identity. The region’s myriad islands served as stepping stones in a maritime network across which people, property, and perceptions travelled freely and purposefully. Encompassing three main themes, ten authors, and a multitude of interdisciplinary insights, this peer-reviewed volume represents some of the foremost research from the most recent residential conferences of the Scottish Society for Northern Studies, exploring the turbulent history and legacy of this interconnected seascape as both centre and periphery.
Edited by Christian Cooijmans
Foreword
Alan Macniven – pp. ix-xiii
Acknowledgements
Christian Cooijmans – p. xiv
Along the Inner Seas
Longhouses Below the Waves: A Place-Name Analysis of the Norse Settlement of Tiree
John Holliday – pp. 2-21
What’s in a Name? The Historical Significance of Norse Naming Strategies in the Isle of Islay
Alan Macniven – pp. 22-50
Gaming Material Culture and Hybridity: Finlaggan and the Kingdom of the Isles at Play
Mark A. Hall – pp. 51-84
Across the Inner Seas
Scottish Affairs and the Political Context of Cogadh Gaedhel Re Gallaibh
Clare Downham – pp. 86-106
The Use of the Scandinavian Place-Name Elements –Sætr and –Ærgi in Skye and the Outer Hebrides
Ryan Foster – pp. 107-139
News Recording and Cultural Connections between Early Medieval Ireland and Northern Britain
Nicholas Evans – pp. 140-169
An Exploration of Thing Sites in the Islands on the Scottish West Coast
Alexandra Sanmark – pp. 170-196
Beyond the Inner Seas
The Norway to Be: Laithlind and Avaldsnes
Arne Kruse – pp. 198-231
Hammerhead Crosses of the Viking Age
Jamie Barnes – pp. 232-273
Late Medieval Vikings: The MacDonald Raids on Orkney c. 1461
Ian Peter Grohse – pp. 274-290
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DOI: 10.17613/bb03-nn20