IMC 2020: Sessions

Session 737: Border Warfare in the Late Middle Ages

Sponsor:	De Re Militari: Society for Medieval Military History
Organiser:	Ilana Krug, Department of History & Political Science, York College of Pennsylvania
Moderator/Chair:	Daniel Franke, Department of History, Richard Bland College of William & Mary, Virginia
Paper 737-a	The Economic Impact of Border Warfare on the Scottish Marches under Edward II (Language: English) Ilana Krug, Department of History & Political Science, York College of Pennsylvania Index terms: Economics - Rural, Military History
Paper 737-b	Guarding the Borders of the Florentine State: Elite Lineages and the Office of Castellan in 14th-Century Tuscany (Language: English) Peter Sposato, Department of History Political Science & Philosophy Indiana University Kokomo Index terms: Administration, Military History, Social History
Paper 737-c	To be confirmed (Language: English) Steven A. Walton, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University
Abstract	This session, by focusing on the specifics of three geographic areas, seeks to highlight the significant role and impact of border warfare - politically, socially, and economically - in the late Middle Ages. Individual papers investigate the complex military relationship between Naples and the Byzantine Empire and the economic impact of ongoing border warfare on communities along the Scottish marches.