Medieval frontier societies [electronic resource] / edited by Robert Bartlett and Angus MacKay.
Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon, 1989Description: 1 online resource (x, 388 p.) : maps.ISBN: 9780191675898 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Civilization, Medieval -- Congresses | Europe -- Boundaries -- Congresses | Europe -- Ethnic relations -- Congresses | Europe -- Historical geography -- CongressesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198203612DDC classification: 940.1 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study of the nature of frontiers and frontier society in the middle ages focuses on the frontiers between England and Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, between Castile and Grenada and on the Elbe, examining the consequences for frontier societies of being located in areas of cross-cultural contact, and often confrontation.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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"Papers ... originally delivered at a conference held in Edinburgh in September 1987"--Preface.
This study of the nature of frontiers and frontier society in the middle ages focuses on the frontiers between England and Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, between Castile and Grenada and on the Elbe, examining the consequences for frontier societies of being located in areas of cross-cultural contact, and often confrontation.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.