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Centuries-long hostility between Scotland and England affected the pattern of criminal activity in the Anglo-Scottish border lands. This is a fascinating account of how the area created and refined a new system of law to deal with the conflict in the 13th and 15th centuries. It shows how the political and military relationship between the two kingdoms, especially the English crown's reliance on Wardens of the March for frontier defense, played...

This ambitious book examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering new insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity. It is based on a close reading of the texts of several thousand charters, indentures, brieves and other written sources that record the business conducted in royal and baronial courts across the length and breadth of the medieval kingdom b...

The volume brings together 330 documents from the reign of King Alexander III of Scotland, a key period in the history of the medieval kingdom, in one scholarly and accessible edition.

This ambitious book, newly available in paperback, examines the encounter between Gaels and Europeans in Scotland in the central Middle Ages, offering insights into an important period in the formation of the Scots' national identity.