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Ballads and Border Memory
Fourteenth-century ballad and border memory, where conflict, saint legend, and oral tradition preserve older northern stories.
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Texts
Hugh of LincolnHugh of Lincoln — a medieval ballad recounting the legend of the ritual murder of Hugh of Lincoln (1255).The Battle of OtterburnThe Battle of Otterburn — a ballad of the border clash between Percy and Douglas at Otterburn (1388).The Poems of Laurence MinotLaurence Minot's eleven Middle English war songs on Edward III's campaigns (1333-1352), edited with introduction and notes by Joseph Hall, third edition (1914).