Violence, Custom and Law : : The Anglo-Scottish Border Lands in the Later Middle Ages / / Cynthia J. Neville.

Centuries-long hostility between Scotland and England affected the pattern of criminal activity in the Anglo-Scottish Border lands. This is a fascinating account of how the area created and refined a new system of law to deal with the conflict in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries.

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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©1998
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Acknowledgements --
Abbreviations --
Preface --
Introduction The Thirteenth Century: A 'Golden Age' of Border Custom --
1 The War Years, 1296--1328 --
2 Experimentation, 132~57 --
3 Elaboration, 1357/7 --
4 Consolidation, 1377--99 --
5 Interlude: The Early Lancastrian Years, 1399-1424 --
6 Restoration and Maturation, 1424--61 --
7 The Yorkist and Early Tudor Years, 1461-1502 --
Conclusion The Legal and Social Contexts of Anglo-Scottish Border Law in the Later Middle Ages --
Bibliography --
Index
Summary:Centuries-long hostility between Scotland and England affected the pattern of criminal activity in the Anglo-Scottish Border lands. This is a fascinating account of how the area created and refined a new system of law to deal with the conflict in the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781474471275
9783110780475
DOI:10.1515/9781474471275
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Cynthia J. Neville.