Cover
Half-title
Series information
Title page
Copyright information
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
Overview
The Far North, Conflict and Governance
The Problem of Conflict
The Governance of the 'contreis . . . in euery partie off the lande'
Sources and Outline
Part I
2 Frontiers and Borderlands
Frontiers and Borderlands
Boundary and Gateway
Writing the Marches
3 Earth and Stone
Towers and Castles
Landscape and Settlement
Conclusion at Part I

Part II
4 The Nobility, Gentry and Religious Houses
5 Lordship, Kinship and the Surnames
Lords and Men
Kinship and Landed Society
Naming Customs and Practices
The Surnames
The Surnames of 1498
English Surnames with Scottish Dimensions
Models and Indications of Leadership among the Surnames
Conclusion at Part II
Part III
6 The Administration of Justice
Justice in England and Europe
Royal Justice and English Common Law
Border Justice and March Law
Conclusion at Chapter 6
7 Patterns of Conflict
Court Records and Figures: The Evidence Assembled

Conflict and Court Activity
Conflict, War and Truce
Violent Offences
The Border Liberties
8 Cross-Border Conflict
Lesser Illicit Activity
Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini's Report
A 'Raiding Culture'
Conclusion at Chapters 7 and 8
9 Discord
Language and Social Emotion
The Support Group
The Nature of Violence
10 Concord
Love and Law
The Objectives of Peacemaking
Reconciliation Ceremonies
Compensation
Contracts of Lordship and Kinship
11 Conclusions
Bibliography
Manuscript Sources

Printed Sources (Including Reference Works and Digital Resources)
Secondary Works
Unpublished Dissertations and Theses
Index