This is the first of two Terra Sacra volumes, which share the aim of changing our understanding of the environmental impact of crusading and colonization in northeastern Europe.

This book provides a history of early medieval Milan that incorporates the as-yet underestimated role of the city's Benedictine monastery.

‘This is a brilliant and genuinely ground-breaking book, representing a significant step forward in literary and historical analysis of the Norse-Gaelic interface’.

(Professor Ralph O’Connor, University of Aberdeen)