| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 297 pages) |
| Series |
The Northern world : North Europe and the Baltic c. 400-1700 AD. : peoples, economics and cultures, 1569-1462 ; volume 79 |
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Northern world ; v. 79. 1569-1462
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| Contents |
Introduction: Breaking the cycle : national frontiers in question -- Peace and mobility -- Lordship, loyalty and the Earldom of Orkney -- Loyalty, leadership and administration -- Bishops and the border -- Military and defence -- Law and communal identity -- Foreigners and countrymen |
| Summary |
"In Frontiers for Peace in the Medieval North : the Norwegian-Scottish Frontier, c. 1260-1470, Ian Peter Grohse examines social and political interactions in Orkney, a Norwegian-held province with long and intimate ties to the Scottish mainland. Commonly portrayed as the epicentre of political tension between Norwegian and Scottish fronts, Orkney appears here as a medium for diplomacy between monarchies and as an avenue for interface and cooperation between neighbouring communities. Removed from the national heartlands of Scandinavia and Britain, Orcadians fostered a distinctly local identity that, although rooted in Norwegian law and civic organization, featured a unique cultural accent engendered through Scottish immigration. This study of Orcadian experiences encourages greater appreciation of the peaceful dimensions of pre-modern European frontiers"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 15, 2017) |
| Subject |
Borderlands -- Norway -- History -- To 1500
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Borderlands -- Scotland -- History -- To 1500
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Peace-building -- Norway -- History -- To 1500
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Peace-building -- Scotland -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain.
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Borderlands
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Diplomatic relations
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Peace-building
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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Strategic aspects of individual places
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| SUBJECT |
Orkney (Scotland) -- Politics and government
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Orkney (Scotland) -- Social conditions
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Orkney (Scotland) -- Strategic aspects -- History
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Norway -- Foreign relations -- Scotland
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Scotland -- Foreign relations -- Norway
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| Subject |
Norway
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Scotland
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Scotland -- Orkney
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2017008101 |
| ISBN |
9789004343658 |
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9004343652 |
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