England's Northern Frontier: Conflict and Local Society in the Fifteenth-Century Scottish Marches

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	Unpublished Dissertations and Theses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