An Antic Disposition (30 page)

T
hanks go
first and foremost to Professor Anthony Perron of Northwestern University, for pointing me in the right direction. The author gratefully acknowledges the scholarship of Birgit and Peter Sawyer, Tobias Faber, William F. Hansen, Hastings Rashdall, F. M. Powicke, A. B. Emden, Palle Lauring, Robert Bartlett, and the many contributors to Medieval Scandinavia: An Encyclopedia, Phillip Pulsiano, editor.

Thanks to Jim Huang, Sue Feder, and Jo Ellyn Clarey for guiding me through the convention thickets; to Keith Kahla, my editor, and Mitchell Waters, my agent, without whom this book would not exist, and you would be standing there with empty hands, perhaps being mistaken for a mime.

Above all, to my wife, Judy, and son, Robert, for sharing their time, their space, and their lives.