The debatable land
Subtitle: the lost world between Scotland and England
By: Graham Robb
Edition: First American edition.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9780393285321
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Boundaries; Military History; History
Description: Explores the history of the Debatable Land, the former buffer between Scotland and England and once upon a time the bloodiest region in the country.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-316) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Hidden places; title: Outpost; title: Panic button; title: The true and ancient border; title: "The sewer of abandoned men"; title: Mouldywarp; title: Beachcombing; title: Blind roads; title: Harrowed; title: "Loveable custumis"; title: Accelerated transhumance; title: Skurrlywarble; title: Exploratores; title: Windy edge; title: "In tymes bigane"; title: "Stob and staik"; title: "Rube, burne, spoyll, slaye, murder annd destrewe"; title: The final partition; title: Hector of ye Harlawe; title: Scrope; title: Tarras Moss; title: "A factious and naughty people"; title: Silence; title: Graticules; title: The Kingdom of Selgovia; title: "Arthur"; title: The great Caledonian invasion; title: Polling stations; title: No man's land; title: The river.