The Sea Kings: The Late Norse Kingdoms of Man and the Isles c.1066-1275

The Archipelagic Kingdoms of Man and the Isles that flourished from the last quarter of the eleventh century to the middle of the thirteenth century are two forgotten kingdoms of the medieval British Isles. They were ruled by powerful individuals, of unquestionably royal status, who interacted with rulers of surrounding lands and who left their mark on a wide range of written documents and upon the landscapes and seascapes of the islands they ruled. Yet British history has tended to overloo...