War and Border Societies in the Middle Ages
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War and Border Societies in the Middle Ages
Book Details
- Author
- Anthony Goodman
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Category
- England
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780415080217
- ISBN-10
- 0415080215
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ISBN: 0415080215
Author: Goodman, Anthony
Condition: New
The frontier or `marcher' societies flourished in the Middle Ages and their influence has lasted well into modern times. In this study of Anglo-Scottish relations and of border society, the contributors examine the infrastructure beneath societies which were permanently `organized for war'. They draw on Anglo-Scottish archival material to argue that the issues which feature in other frontier societies - acculturation and the creation of special institutions - appeared also on the Anglo-Scottish frontier. The book uses the celebrated Battle of Otterburn as a starting-point for a major reassessment of border society, challenging the view put forward in popular ballads that the borders were isolated and self-contained.
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