England's northern frontier : conflict and local society in the fifteenth-century Scottish marches

England's northern frontier : conflict and local society in the fifteenth-century Scottish marches / Jackson W. Armstrong, University of Aberdeen.

"This book has two main aims. Its subject is the far north in the fifteenth century, in a time period significant for the region in being much less well understood than either the preceding century (dominated by Anglo-Scottish warfare) or the following one (in which the so-called 'border r...

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Main Author: Armstrong, Jackson W. (Jackson Webster), 1978- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 118.
Subjects:
Conflict management > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
Local government > Great Britain > History > To 1500.
England, Northern > History > To 1500.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) > History, Military.
Scotland > History, Military > To 1500.
England > Foreign relations > Scotland.
Scotland > Foreign relations > England.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1399-1485.
Great Britain > History > Lancaster and York, 1399-1485.
History.
Military history.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Frontiers and borderlands
  • Earth and stone
  • The nobility, gentry, and religious houses
  • Lordship, kinship, and the surnames
  • The administration of justice
  • Patterns of conflict
  • Cross-border conflict
  • Discord
  • Concord
  • Conclusions.

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