Border Raids and Reivers
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Preface
2:41 -
The Auld Enemy
21:10 -
Percy’s Pennon
27:26 -
Poor and Lawless
34:11 -
Raids and Forays
39:43 -
Wardens of the Marches
25:14 -
The Day of Truce
28:55 -
The Deadly Feud
31:30 -
The Thieves Dauntoned
30:49 -
Liddesdale Limmers
41:29 -
After the Hunting
32:16 -
The Corbie’s Nest
29:19 -
Flagellum Dei
25:48 -
Minions of the Moon
47:53 -
Under the Ban
22:10 -
The Triumph of Law
29:31 -
The Harvest of Peace
20:26
Border Raids and Reivers (1898) is a public domain work.
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Fortified towers and stolen livestock give Robert Borland a way into the history of the Scottish Borders. Published in 1898, his study examines how raiding developed, how people carried it out and how governments tried to curb it. The opening describes theft and retaliation as activities that involved every level of society, including powerful clan chiefs entrusted with maintaining order. Chapters on wardens, monthly truce meetings and family feuds show the competing loyalties that complicated the administration of law.
In Liddesdale, Borland turns to the buildings that sheltered these communities. Keeps stand beside streams or on ground chosen for its defensive strength. Smaller towers have outer walls to protect cattle and narrow stairs that residents could block against attackers. These details connect the architecture with the daily pressures of border life. Readers interested in Scottish history can use the book to explore the relationship between local power, recurring conflict and the physical landscape.
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- Robert Borland
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