Frontiers for Peace in the Medieval North: The Norwegian-Scottish Frontier, c. 1260-1470 (Northern World, 79)

Scope and content: "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 Frontiers for Peace in the Medieval North: The Norwegian-Scottish Frontier c. 1260–1470 Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Breaking the Cycle. National Frontiers in Question Projections of Nationhood Conceptualizing the Frontier Old Documents and New Readings. Sources and Approaches 1 Peace and Mobility 1.1 Insularity and Access 1.2 Plelude to Peace 1.3 Parameters for Peace and Mobility 1.4 Policies for Peace and Mobility 1.5 Preservation of Peace and Mobility 1.6 Conclusion 2 Lordship, Loyalty and the Earldom of Orkney 2.1 Restoration and Reform 2.2 Mediation 2.3 Personal Alliances 2.4 Redundancy 2.5 Conclusion 3 Loyalty, Leadership and Administration 3.1 Bipartite Governance 3.2 International Candidates 3.3 Kinsmen, Friends and Servants 3.4 Royal Baillies 3.5 Conclusion 4 Bishops and the Border 4.1 Integration and Mobilization 4.2 Estrangement 4.3 Rapprochement 4.4 Mediation 4.5 Conclusion 5 Military and Defence 5.1 Rules of Engagement 5.2 Policing the Frontier 5.3 Hebridean Raiding 5.4 Conclusion 6 Law and Communal Identity 6.1 Norwegian Law and Orcadian Custom 6.2 Lawmen and Royal Mediation 6.3 Native and Foreign Custom 6.4 Legal Conservation 6.5 Conclusion 7 Foreigners and Countrymen 7.1 Local Roots of Nativism 7.2 Nativism and the Realm 7.3 Nativism and Naturalization 7.4 Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Primary Sources Secondary Works Index La 4e de couverture indique : "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"