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The debatable land the lost world between Scotland and England

Explores the history of the Debatable Land, the former buffer between Scotland and England and once upon a time the bloodiest region in the country.

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Main Author: Robb, Graham, 1958- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
Edition:First American edition.
Subjects:
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) > History.
Scottish Borders (England and Scotland) > History, Military.
Boundaries > History.
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Table of Contents:
  • Hidden places
  • Outpost
  • Panic button
  • The true and ancient border
  • "The sewer of abandoned men"
  • Mouldywarp
  • Beachcombing
  • Blind roads
  • Harrowed
  • "Loveable custumis"
  • Accelerated transhumance
  • Skurrlywarble
  • Exploratores
  • Windy edge
  • "In tymes bigane"
  • "Stob and staik"
  • "Rube, burne, spoyll, slaye, murder annd destrewe"
  • The final partition
  • Hector of ye Harlawe
  • Scrope
  • Tarras Moss
  • "A factious and naughty people"
  • Silence
  • Graticules
  • The Kingdom of Selgovia
  • "Arthur"
  • The great Caledonian invasion
  • Polling stations
  • No man's land
  • The river.

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