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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).