Raiders Along the Anglo-Scottish Border: A History of Those 'Pacified' by King James - Hardcover
by Jon Tait
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jon TaitTheme:Chronological Period/16th Century, Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453) Studies, Cultural Region/British, Cultural Region/ScottishPublish date:4/28/2026Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pen and Sword HistoryISBN-13:9781036135638ISBN-10:1036135632UPC:9781036135638Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.30 x 6.07 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.545Product ID:SCJGT9GWMR
The border reivers' brutal legacy reveals how cross-border crime and clan violence shaped a turbulent era and its lasting influence on regional law and identity.
Like Gomorrah with horses - that's probably the best way to describe the stories of those inhabiting the heather-clad hills between England and Scotland who were strung up on gallows during the turbulent period of the border reivers and after, when King James I/VI attempted to 'Pacify the Border'.
The condemned here were cattle rustlers, counterfeiters, burglars, protection racketeers, thieves and murderers who rode in family-based gangs, terrorised the countryside on both sides of the dividing line, and were essentially the mafia of their time.
They were executed in places such as Edinburgh, Dumfries, Jedburgh, Hawick, Peebles, Selkirk, Berwick, Morpeth, Alnwick, Newcastle, Hexham and Carlisle in a period marked by conflict between the two great nations where their land became a warzone.
Anyone interested in the darker side of the history of the bloodstained border can trace the lineage of those families embroiled in criminal society from the Scottish Wars of Independence right through to the Acts of Union between the countries in 1707.
The March Laws that the border reivers lived under were finally ended in 1603 when King James ascended to the English throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth I - and the 'pacification' of the criminal gangs began.
Like Gomorrah with horses - that's probably the best way to describe the stories of those inhabiting the heather-clad hills between England and Scotland who were strung up on gallows during the turbulent period of the border reivers and after, when King James I/VI attempted to 'Pacify the Border'.
The condemned here were cattle rustlers, counterfeiters, burglars, protection racketeers, thieves and murderers who rode in family-based gangs, terrorised the countryside on both sides of the dividing line, and were essentially the mafia of their time.
They were executed in places such as Edinburgh, Dumfries, Jedburgh, Hawick, Peebles, Selkirk, Berwick, Morpeth, Alnwick, Newcastle, Hexham and Carlisle in a period marked by conflict between the two great nations where their land became a warzone.
Anyone interested in the darker side of the history of the bloodstained border can trace the lineage of those families embroiled in criminal society from the Scottish Wars of Independence right through to the Acts of Union between the countries in 1707.
The March Laws that the border reivers lived under were finally ended in 1603 when King James ascended to the English throne following the death of Queen Elizabeth I - and the 'pacification' of the criminal gangs began.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pen and Sword HistoryISBN-13:9781036135638ISBN-10:1036135632UPC:9781036135638Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Europe, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Great BritainSize:9.30 x 6.07 x 1.03 inchesWeight:0.545Product ID:SCJGT9GWMR
Tait, Jon: - Jon Tait is a freelance sportswriter for the local weekly newspaper titles at the Northumberland Gazette. He is the author of a number of local history books and volunteers at English Heritage. He was an agency football reporter on the tabloids for a decade and the press officer at Gretna Football Club. Tait was born in Northumberland and has been researching and writing about the border reivers for over twenty years. He likes hillwalking, techno music, hats and coats, books, beachcombing, rum, and typefaces, misses smoking Regal king-size cigarettes and lives in Carlisle with his wife, son, and cat, Charlie.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
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