List of Illustrations IX
Notes on Contributors X
Introduction 1
Sara M. Butler and Krista J. Kesselring
Cynthia J. Neville’s Publications 16
Part 1
Making and Marking Borders: Conflict
1
Frontier Law in Anglo-Saxon England 21
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 43
Douglas Biggs
3
Commemorating the Battle of Harlaw (1411) in Fifteenth-Century Scotland 61
Steve Boardman
4
Spies and Intelligence in Scotland, c. 1530–1550 83
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 107
Anne R. DeWindt
6
Pleading the Belly: A Sparing Plea? Pregnant Convicts and the Courts in Medieval England 131
Sara M. Butler
7
Chelsea Hartlen
8
Negotiating the Economy: Gender, Status, and Debt Litigation in the Burgh Courts of Early Modern Scotland 174
Cathryn R. Spence
Part 3
Policing Boundaries: Jurisdiction and Disorder
9
The Ritualistic Importance of Gallows in Thirteenth-Century England 195
Kenneth F. Duggan
10
Liberties of London: Social Networks, Sexual Disorder, and Independent Jurisdiction in the Late Medieval English Metropolis 216
Shannon McSheffrey
11
Crossing Borders and Boundaries: The Use of Banishment in Sixteenth-Century Scottish Towns 237
Elizabeth Ewan
12
Marks of Division: Cross-Border Remand after 1603 and the Case of Lord Sanquhar 258
Krista J. Kesselring
Index 281