Benjamin Hudson is an Associate Professor of History and Medieval Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of The Prophecy of Berchán: Irish and Scottish Highkings in the Early Middle Ages and Kings of Celtic Scotland.
"The strength of this volume lies in Hudson's unparalleled
familiarity with an exceedingly broad range of sourcesThis book,
like its prequels, should be in every library."--Alex Woolf, Early
Medieval Europe
"Viking Pirates and Christian Princes represents a substantial and
highly original contribution to the subject, dealing as it does not
just with the Vikings in the Irish Sea basin, but also offering new
perspectives and insights into Irish, English, Scottish,
Scandinavian, and Continental history of the ninth to eleventh
centuries. Hudson has succeeded in rewriting and reshaping our
understanding of a very obscure but complex period in medieval
history. This is an important, bold, exciting and fresh piece of
historical scholarship that has relevance for British, European,
and Scandinavian historians alike."--R. Andrew McDonald, Brock
University
"Hudson's new book offers invaluable insights into the extensive
network of familial and political relationships that lay at the
heart of politics in the North Atlantic during the 'Second Viking
Age.' His careful study of the Olafsson and Haraldsson dynasties
recreates the excitement of an age of transition during which
pirates and plunderers became pious Christian princes."--Robin
Chapman Stacey, University of Washington
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