tailieunhanh - Border Raids and Reivers

The object we have had in view in the following pages has been (1) to indicate briefly the causes which produced Border reiving; (2) to show the extent to which the system was ultimately developed; (3) to describe the means adopted by both Governments for its suppression; (4) to illustrate the way in which the rugging and riving--to use a well-known phrase--was carried on; (5) to explain how these abnormal conditions were in the end effectually removed; and (6) to set forth in brief outline some of the more prominent traits in the lives and characters of the men who were most closely identified with. | Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland 1 Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland The Project Gutenberg EBook of Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Border Raids and Reivers Author Robert Borland Release Date April 16 2010 EBook 32005 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BORDER RAIDS AND REIVERS Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http . This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive. BORDER RAIDS AND REIVERS. BORDER RAIDS AND REIVERS BY ROBERT BORLAND Border Raids and Reivers by Robert Borland MINISTER OF YARROW 2 DALBEATTIE THOMAS FRASER. MDCCCXCVIII. PRINTED AT THE COURIER AND HERALD OFFICES DUMFRIES FOR THOMAS FRASER DALBEATTIE. CONTENTS. PREFACE xv. I. THE AULD ENEMY. PAGE. Extent of Border reiving--Plunder and reprisal--All classes implicated--Double dose of original sin--Victims of an evil fate--Invasions--Threatened annexation of Scotland--Edward s twofold policy--Sacking of Berwick--Feeling of hostility produced--Edward visits Scone and carries off Scottish Sceptre and Crown--Douglas and Edward Bruce-- Borderers animated by a spirit of revenge 1-14 II. PERCY S PENNON. Battle of Otterburn--Chief combatants--How the encounter was brought about--Destruction of the Abbeys--Meeting of the Scots at Aberdeen--Scottish army assembles at Yetholm-- Method of attack determined upon--Earl Douglas marches through Northumberland--Ravages Durham--Returns to Newcastle--Hotspur and Douglas--Otterburn--Preparations for battle--The English assault--The Douglas slain--Hotspur taken prisoner--Humanity of Borderers 15-32 III. POOR AND LAWLESS. Condition of Scotland--Ancient .