Crossing Borders: Boundaries and Margins in Medieval and Early Modern Britain

Sara M. Butler, Ph.D. (2001), Dalhousie University, is King George III Professor in British History at The Ohio State University. Her publications include The Language of Abuse: Marital Violence in Later Medieval England (Brill, 2007), Divorce in Medieval England: From One to Two Persons at Law (Routledge, 2013), and Forensic Medicine and Death Investigation in Medieval England (Routledge, 2015). Krista J. Kesselring, Ph.D. (2000), Queen’s University, is Professor of History at Dalhousie University. Her publications include Mercy and Authority in the Tudor State (Cambridge UP, 2003) and The Northern Rebellion of 1569 (Palgrave, 2007).

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Notes on Contributors

Introduction
 Sara M. Butler and K.J. Kesselring

List of Publications: Cynthia J. Neville

Part 1: Making and Marking Borders: Conflict
1 Frontier Law in Anglo-Saxon England
 Tom Lambert

2 Henry iv and the Welsh March: The Application and Limits of Royal Patronage and Glyn Dwr’s Rebellion in South Wales, 1399–1405
 Douglas Biggs

3 Commemorating the Battle of Harlaw (1411) in Fifteenth-Century Scotland
 Stephen Boardman

4 Spies and Intelligence in Scotland, c. 1530–1550
 Amy Blakeway

Part 2: Crossing Lines: Gender and Social Status
5 Participation in National Politics: Evidence Provided by Fifteenth-Century Parliamentary Election Returns from the County of Huntingdonshire
 Anne R. DeWindt

6 Pleading the Belly: A Sparing Plea? Pregnant Convicts and the Courts in Medieval England
 Sara M. Butler

7 Catching Fire: Arson, Rough Justice and Gender in Scotland, 1493–1542
 Chelsea Hartlen

8 Negotiating the Economy: Gender, Status, and Debt Litigation in the Burgh Courts of Early Modern Scotland
 Cathryn R. Spence

Part 3: Policing Boundaries: Jurisdiction and Disorder
9 The Ritualistic Importance of Gallows in Thirteenth-Century England
 Kenneth F. Duggan

10 Liberties of London: Social Networks, Sexual Disorder, and Independent Jurisdiction in the Late Medieval English Metropolis
 Shannon McSheffrey

11 Crossing Borders and Boundaries: The Use of Banishment in Sixteenth-Century Scottish Towns
 Elizabeth Ewan

12 Marks of Division: Cross-Border Remand after 1603 and the Case of Lord Sanquhar
 K.J. Kesselring

Index