Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-x

List of Figures

pp xi-xiii

Foreword

pp xiv-xiv

Preface and Acknowledgements

pp xv-xviii

Abbreviations

pp xix-xx

Note on Spelling Conventions and Translations

pp xxi-xxii

Part I - Annals and the Chronology, Distribution and Purpose of Viking Raids on Irish Churches

pp 1-2

1 - Agenda, Methodology, Interpretation And Sources

pp 3-28

2 - The Chronology Of Viking Church Raids

pp 29-44

3 - The Regional Distribution Of Viking Church Raids

pp 45-74

4 - The Immediate Purpose Of Viking Church Raids

pp 75-124

5 - Viking Raiding Of Churches And Politics: Quantitative Analysis

pp 125-153

Appendix 1 - Catalogue of Viking Raids on Irish Churches in the Annals, 795–1015

pp 154-165

Appendix 2 - Catalogue of Viking Raids on Irish Churches Unique to Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib, 795–1015

pp 166-168

Part II - Viking Kings and the Broader Context of Raids on Churches

pp 169-170

6 - Early Viking Church Raiders And The Emergence Of Political Purpose

pp 171-207

7 - The Mid-Ninth-Century Crisis: Laithlinn, ‘Fair Foreigners’ And ‘Black Foreigners

pp 208-254

8 - Church-Raiding And Politics In The Era Of Amlaíb And Ímar

pp 255-305

9 - Church-Raiding And Politics In The Later Ninth Century

pp 306-343

10 - Exile, Return And The Dublin-York Axis: The Context Of Church-Raiding, 914–941

pp 344-394

11 - York Lost And Dublin Reorientated: Amlaíb Cúarán, 941–980

pp 395-442

12 - Church-Raiding And Subjugated Vikings, 980–1014

pp 443-480

13 - Epilogue

pp 481-491

Bibliography

pp 492-515

Index

pp 516-539