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Between the 1296 Battle of Dunbar and the 1513 Battle of Flodden Field, England and Scotland were formally at peace only for two periods of about four years each. Historians take the long conflict as fertile ground for testing theories of military history. Their topics include the Anglo-Scottish conflict in romance and rhyme, the kings' sergeant-at-arms and the war in Scotland 1296-1321, the English occupation of southern Scotland c. 1334-37, Highland Scots and Anglo-Scottish warfare c. 1300-1513, the impact of gunpowder weaponry on the Anglo-Scottish marches in the 15th century, and Henry VII's capacity to wage war in the Scottish campaigns of 1496-97. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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Andy King, Ph.D. (2002), Durham University, is Research Fellow in History, University of Southampton. He has edited Sir Thomas Gray: Scalacronica (1272-1363), Surtees Society (2005), and published many articles on the Anglo-Scottish Marches and on chronicles.David Simpkin, Ph.D. (2007), the University of Hull, is Honorary Visiting Fellow at the ICMA Centre, University of Reading. He has published a monograph and several articles dealing with aspects of Anglo-Scottish warfare, specifically from the perspective of the English soldiery under Edward I and Edward II.