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

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 394 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought: fourth series ; 118 Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; 4th ser., 118. Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Overview -- The Far North, Conflict and Governance -- The Problem of Conflict -- The Governance of the 'contreis . . . in euery partie off the lande' -- Sources and Outline -- Part I -- 2 Frontiers and Borderlands -- Frontiers and Borderlands -- Boundary and Gateway -- Writing the Marches -- 3 Earth and Stone -- Towers and Castles -- Landscape and Settlement -- Conclusion at Part I Part II -- 4 The Nobility, Gentry and Religious Houses -- 5 Lordship, Kinship and the Surnames -- Lords and Men -- Kinship and Landed Society -- Naming Customs and Practices -- The Surnames -- The Surnames of 1498 -- English Surnames with Scottish Dimensions -- Models and Indications of Leadership among the Surnames -- Conclusion at Part II -- Part III -- 6 The Administration of Justice -- Justice in England and Europe -- Royal Justice and English Common Law -- Border Justice and March Law -- Conclusion at Chapter 6 -- 7 Patterns of Conflict -- Court Records and Figures: The Evidence Assembled Conflict and Court Activity -- Conflict, War and Truce -- Violent Offences -- The Border Liberties -- 8 Cross-Border Conflict -- Lesser Illicit Activity -- Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini's Report -- A 'Raiding Culture' -- Conclusion at Chapters 7 and 8 -- 9 Discord -- Language and Social Emotion -- The Support Group -- The Nature of Violence -- 10 Concord -- Love and Law -- The Objectives of Peacemaking -- Reconciliation Ceremonies -- Compensation -- Contracts of Lordship and Kinship -- 11 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Manuscript Sources Printed Sources (Including Reference Works and Digital Resources) -- Secondary Works -- Unpublished Dissertations and Theses -- Index Summary "This book has two main aims.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 reivers' were so well documented by Tudor administrators and their Scottish counterparts). The first aim is to investigate the far north in light of its prevailing reputation as different from the rest of England: an alien, turbulent and exceptional 'periphery' distant from the realm's heartland. The question to be pursued is how local society governed itself, in particular how it sought to manage conflict, in the northern marches. The second aim is the more ambitious. While drawing local, national and international comparisons where relevant and helpful, it is to raise questions from this example about the geography of power and the nature of conflict in the English kingdom as a whole"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 19, 2020) Subject Conflict management -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Local government -- Great Britain -- History -- To 1500 Conflict management Diplomatic relations Local government Politics and government SUBJECT 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. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056880 Great Britain -- History -- Lancaster and York, 1399-1485. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056765 Subject England Great Britain Great Britain -- Scottish Borders Northern England Scotland Genre/Form History Military history Form Electronic book LC no. 2020012377 ISBN 9781108561686 1108561683

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