The articles collected together here developed out of collaborations spanning the years from 2013 to 2019. I am very grateful for the support of the departments of Celtic and Scottish Studies and of Scandinavian Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Edinburgh in bringing the contributors together, and would especially like to thank Dr Neill Martin and Dr Arne Kruse. In the preparation of this volume I am much indebted to Dr Virginia Blankenhorn and Dr Triin Laidoner, and I have appreciated being able to draw on the expertise of the contributors for advice in enriching and coordinating the papers. I also wish to offer thanks to Erin Dailey for his encouragement throughout and to other members of Amsterdam University Press for their work on the volume.