Border Fury: England and Scotland at War 1296-1568,9781405840224

Border Fury: England and Scotland at War 1296-1568

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781405840224
ISBN10: 1405840226
Format: Nonspecific Binding
Pub. Date: 2006-10-30
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

A history of three long and bloody centuries of warfare between England and Scotland.Border Furyreveals how medieval English Kings sought to dominate their northern neighbour, and why they failed.Huge amount of popular interest in the romantic heroes of Scottish history and Scottish independenceThe only single volume covering the whole period of conflict from the death of Alexander III to James VI

Author Biography

John Sadler has spent a lifetime studying the military aspects of the Anglo-Scottish Border conflicts. He possesses an extensive knowledge of the geography and typology of the Anglo-Scottish Border region and has made detailed field studies of all the battles which are described in the book. His previous published works include Battle for Northumbria(1998), Scottish Battles (1997) and War in the North 1461-1464 (2000).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Timeline
Flowers of the Forest
Sinews of War
Under the Hammer
The Lion Triumphant
The Longest Stick
'Nothing but their naked bodies'
The Disinherited
Neville's Cross
Landscape of War
Chevy Chase
'At Holmedon Met'
Sausages without Mustard
War in the North
Hedgeley Moor and Hexham
'The Sunne of York'
Flodden Field
The Road to Solway Moss
The Rough Wooing
The Two Queens
Last Years of the Frontier
The Steel Bonnets
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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