Frontiers for peace in the medieval North : the Norwegian-Scottish frontier, c. 1260-1470
Ian Peter Grohse
Bok · Engelsk · 2017
| Omfang | VI, 297 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction: Breaking the cycle : national frontiers in question -- Peace and mobility -- Lordship, loyalty and the Earldom of Orkney -- Loyalty, leadership and administration -- Bishops and the border -- Military and defence -- Law and communal identity -- Foreigners and countrymen -- Primary sources -- Secondary works.. - "In Frontiers for Peace in the Medieval North : the Norwegian-Scottish Frontier, c. 1260-1470, Ian Peter Grohse examines social and political interactions in Orkney, a Norwegian-held province with long and intimate ties to the Scottish mainland. Commonly portrayed as the epicentre of political tension between Norwegian and Scottish fronts, Orkney appears here as a medium for diplomacy between monarchies and as an avenue for interface and cooperation between neighbouring communities. Removed from the national heartlands of Scandinavia and Britain, Orcadians fostered a distinctly local identity that, although rooted in Norwegian law and civic organization, featured a unique cultural accent engendered through Scottish immigration. This study of Orcadian experiences encourages greater appreciation of the peaceful dimensions of pre-modern European frontiers"-- Forleggeromtale
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| ISBN | 978-90-04-34253-8
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