War And Border Societies In The Middle Ages
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War And Border Societies In The Middle Ages
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Author : Anthony Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11-01
War And Border Societies In The Middle Ages written by Anthony Goodman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11-01 with History categories.
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.
War And Border Societies In The Middle Ages
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Author : Anthony Goodman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2002-11
War And Border Societies In The Middle Ages written by Anthony Goodman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-11 with History categories.
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
War And Society In Medieval Cheshire 1277 1403
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Author : Philip Morgan
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 1987
War And Society In Medieval Cheshire 1277 1403 written by Philip Morgan and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Cheshire categories.
Border Bloodshed
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Author : Alastair J. Macdonald
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2008-03-04
Border Bloodshed written by Alastair J. Macdonald and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-04 with History categories.
Scottish military offensives against England from 1369 were largely the product of government policy, were launched with careful timing and, in the reign of Robert II, involved close co-operation with France. They succeeded militarily, encouraging the Scots to the point where they were willing to engage in attacks on England beyond the ambition of their French allies. However, diplomatic gains fell well short of forcing English recognition of Scottish independence. Hopes of achieving this by military means were ended in the reign of Robert III when the Scots were heavily defeated in 1402. War was not solely fought with political objectives in mind or other 'rational' factors such as the quest for financial gain. The Scots went to war for emotive reasons too, such as hatred of the English, the search for renown and the sheer enjoyment of fighting. All these factors inspired the Scots to launch a series of bloody, brutal and ultimately futile offensives against England.
War In Medieval English Society
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Author : John Barnie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
War In Medieval English Society written by John Barnie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
Medieval Culture And Society
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Author : David Herlihy
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1968
Medieval Culture And Society written by David Herlihy and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with History categories.
The drug war that has turned Juárez, Mexico, into a killing field that has claimed more than 7,000 lives since 2008 captures headlines almost daily. But few accounts go all the way down to the streets to investigate the lives of individual drug users. One of those users, Scott Comar, survived years of heroin addiction and failed attempts at detox and finally cleaned up in 2003. Now a graduate student at the University of Texas at El Paso in the history department's borderlands doctoral program, Comar has written Border Junkies, a searingly honest account of his spiraling descent into heroin addiction, surrender, change, and recovery on the U.S.-Mexico border. Border Junkiesis the first book ever written about the lifestyle of active addiction on the streets of Juárez. Comar vividly describes living between the disparate Mexican and American cultures and among the fellow junkies, drug dealers, hookers, coyote smugglers, thieves, and killers who were his friends and neighbors in addiction--and the social workers, missionaries, shelter workers, and doctors who tried to help him escape. With the perspective of his anthropological training, he shows how homelessness, poverty, and addiction all fuel the use of narcotics and the rise in their consumption on the streets of Juárez and contribute to the societal decay of this Mexican urban landscape. Comar also offers significant insights into the U.S.-Mexico borderland's underground and peripheral economy and the ways in which the region's inhabitants adapt to the local economic terrain.
England And Scotland At War C 1296 C 1513
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-06-22
England And Scotland At War C 1296 C 1513 written by and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-22 with History categories.
The Anglo-Scottish wars of the late Middle Ages have long attracted scholarly attention, but studies focussing on the military aspects of the conflict over the longue durée and from both sides of the border have been lacking. In this collection of essays covering the years between the battles of Dunbar (1296) and Flodden (1513), Andy King and David Simpkin bring together leading historians in the field to consider afresh the armies and soldiers engaged in the wars, while also reflecting on the conflict's impact either side of the border. At a time when military history is undergoing a renaissance, the Anglo-Scottish wars offer a case-study not only of military institutions but also of the contributions made by individuals and communities. Contributors are Amanda Beam, Steve Boardman, Michael Brown, Sean Cunningham, Claire Etty, Jonathan Gledhill, David Grummitt, Andy King, Alastair Macdonald, Iain MacInnes, Gordon Pentland, David Simpkin, Andrew Spencer, Katie Stevenson and Thea Summerfield.
War And Society In Medieval And Early Modern Britain
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Author : Diana E. S. Dunn
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2000
War And Society In Medieval And Early Modern Britain written by Diana E. S. Dunn and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with History categories.
Nine historians examine three English civil wars: that during King Stephen's reign, the Wars of the Roses, and that of the 17th century. Their concern is with the interaction of war and society rather than with details of individual campaigns and battles. They place the conflicts within the wider European context and developments in warfare on the continent. Distributed in the US by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.
Crisis And Survival In Late Medieval Ireland
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Author : Brendan Smith
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2013-06-20
Crisis And Survival In Late Medieval Ireland written by Brendan Smith and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-20 with History categories.
Medieval Ireland is associated in the public imagination with the ruined castles and monasteries that remain prominent in the Irish landscape. Crisis and Survival in Late Medieval Ireland: The English of Louth and their Neighbours, 1330-1450 examines how the society that produced these monuments developed over the course of a turbulent century, focussing particularly on county Louth, situated on the coast north of Dublin and adjacent to the earldom of Ulster. Louth was one of the areas that had been most densely colonised by English settlers in the decades around 1200, and ties with England and loyalty to the English crown remained strong. Its settlers found it possible to maintain close economic and political ties with England in part because of their proximity to the significant trading port of Drogheda, and the residence among them of the archbishop of Armagh, primate of Ireland, also extended their international horizons and contacts. In this volume, Brendan Smith explores the ways in which the English settlers in Louth maintained their English identity in the face of plague and warfare. The Black Death of 1348-9, and recurrent visitations of plague thereafter, reduced their numbers significantly and encouraged the Irish lordships on their borders to challenge their local supremacy. How to counter the threat from the MacMahons, O'Neills, and others, absorbed their energies and resources. It not only involved mounting armed campaigns, taking hostages, and building defences; it also meant intermarrying with these families and entering into numerous solemn, if short-lived, treaties with them. Smith draws on original source material, to present a picture of the English settlers in Louth, and to show how living in the borderlands of the English world coloured every aspect of settler life.
The Black Douglases
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Author : Michael Brown
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Release Date : 2001-01-01
The Black Douglases written by Michael Brown and has been published by Birlinn Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-01-01 with History categories.
During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland's champions in the front line of war against England. On their shields they bore the bloody heart of Robert Bruce, the symbol of their claim to be the physical protectors of the hero-king's legacy. But others saw the power of these lords and earls of Douglas in a different light. To their critics the Douglases were a force for disorder in the kingdom, lawless, arrogant and violent, whose power rested on coercion and whose defiance of kings and guardians ultimately provoked James II into slaying the Douglas earl with his own hand. Michael Brown analyses the rise and fall of this family as the dominant magnates of the south, from the deeds of the Good Sir James Douglas in the service of Bruce to the violent destruction of the Douglas earls in the 1450s. Alongside this study of the accumulation and loss of power by one of the great noble houses, The Black Douglases includes a series of thematic examinations of the nature of aristocratic power. In particular these emphasise the link between warfare and political power in southern Scotland during the fourteenth century. For the Black Douglases, war was not just a patriotic duty but the means to power and fame in Scotland and across Europe.