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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808623503321

Titolo

War and border societies in the middle ages / / edited by Anthony Goodman and Anthony Tuck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

1-134-89512-7

1-134-89513-5

1-280-32245-4

0-203-41040-8

0-203-32022-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GoodmanAnthony <1936->

TuckAnthony

Disciplina

941.037

Soggetti

Otterburn, Battle of, Otterburn, England, 1388

Great Britain History, Military 1066-1485

England Social conditions 1066-1485

Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) History, Military

Scottish Borders (Scotland) History, Military

Scotland Social life and customs To 1603

England Relations Scotland

Scotland Relations England

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Based on a conference held at Otterburn Hall, Northumberland, in September 1988"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; List of abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; THE OTTERBURN WAR FROM THE SCOTTISH POINT OF VIEW; THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN: WHEN AND WHERE WAS IT FOUGHT?; THE BALLAD AND THE SOURCE: SOME LITERARY REFLECTIONS ON THE BATTLE OF OTTERBURN; THE CHURCH OF DURHAM AND THE SCOTTISH BORDERS, 1378  88; RESPONSES TO WAR: CARLISLE AND THE WEST MARCH IN THE LATER FOURTEENTH CENTURY; THE PERCIES AND THE COMMUNITY OF NORTHUMBERLAND IN THE LATER FOURTEENTH CENTURY; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Examines the organisation behind societies which were `organised for war' on a day to day basis. Drawing on a substantial body of Anglo-Scottish archive material the authors trace the first developed form of `marcher' society.