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Lords of the Sea: An Archaeology of the Medieval Gaelic Maritime World

Lords of the Sea: An Archaeology of the Medieval Gaelic Maritime World

Breen, Colin

Hardcover

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral World History

Publisher Price: $65.00

ISBN10: 1782050914
ISBN13: 9781782050919
Publisher: Cork University Press
Published: Apr 16 2026
Pages: 368
Weight: 2.15
Height: 1.05 Width: 6.67 Depth: 9.45
Language: English

Lords of the Sea: An archaeology of the medieval Gaelic maritime world is the first book to examine the archaeology and history of the sea lords and their associated coastal communities who existed along the western seaboards of Ireland and Scotland throughout the later Middle Ages.

Situated on the edge of Europe, these largely independent political territories lay beyond the control of the English and Scottish crowns and were grounded in the cultural practices and social norms of medieval Gaelic society. These maritime communities, exposed to the ever-changing weather of the western seaboard and shaped by their relationships with the tempestuous sea, created a series of connections with other groupings along the sea-routes of the region. Far from being isolated on the margins, they were intrinsically bound to the wider political and socio-economic networks of the west European social world. Drawing on three decades of primary research combining historical and archaeological sources and original case studies, this book builds a picture of the social and political life of these coastal people.

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