"Based on a conference held at Otterburn Hall, Northumberland, in September 1988"--Preface.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
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Title
War and border societies in the middle ages.
International Standard Book Number
0415080215
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Otterburn, Battle of, Otterburn, England, 1388.
Grensconflicten.
HISTORY.
International relations.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Borders Region (Scotland), History, Military.
England, Relations, Scotland.
England, Social conditions, 1066-1485.
Great Britain, History, Military, 1066-1485.
Scotland, Relations, England.
Scotland, Social life and customs, To 1603.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland), History, Military.