Border Reivers

E276558
book historical group military organization raiding clans social class

The Border Reivers were lawless raiders and clans along the Anglo-Scottish border from the late Middle Ages to the early 17th century, notorious for cattle rustling, feuding, and cross-border warfare.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Border Reivers canonical 4
Border reivers 2
Anglo-Scottish border reivers 1

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
historical group ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
raiding clans ⓘ
social class ⓘ
activeIn 16th century ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
author George MacDonald Fraser ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
culturalDepiction The Steel Bonnets ⓘ
dissolutionDate early 17th century ⓘ
dissolvedBy Union of the Crowns ⓘ
pacification of the Borders ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
Scottish ⓘ
governedByLaw Border law ⓘ
March law ⓘ
hasNotableFamily Armstrong clan ⓘ
Bell family ⓘ
Charlton family ⓘ
Dacre family ⓘ
Clan Douglas ⓘ
surface form: Douglas clan

Elliot clan ⓘ
Fenwick family ⓘ
Forster family ⓘ
Clan Graham ⓘ
surface form: Graham clan

Hume clan ⓘ
Clan Johnstone ⓘ
surface form: Johnstone clan

Clan Kerr ⓘ
surface form: Ker clan

Clan Maxwell ⓘ
surface form: Maxwell clan

Musgrave family ⓘ
Nixon clan ⓘ
Raine family ⓘ
Ridley family ⓘ
Rutherford clan ⓘ
Ruthven clan ⓘ
Clan Scott ⓘ
surface form: Scott clan

Storey family ⓘ
hasPractice blood feud ⓘ
hostage-taking ⓘ
night raids ⓘ
pledge-taking ⓘ
reiving ⓘ
influenced American frontier culture ⓘ
Irish Presbyterians ⓘ
surface form: Ulster Scots settlers
knownFor arson ⓘ
blackmail ⓘ
cattle raiding ⓘ
cattle rustling ⓘ
cross-border warfare ⓘ
feuding ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
protection rackets ⓘ
locatedIn Anglo-Scottish border ⓘ
operatedInRegion Cumberland ⓘ
East March ⓘ
Middle March ⓘ
Northumberland County ⓘ
surface form: Northumberland

Scottish Borders ⓘ
West March ⓘ
opposedBy Kingdom of England ⓘ
surface form: English Crown

Scottish crown ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Crown

wardens of the marches ⓘ
partOf Border society ⓘ
religion Protestant Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Protestantism

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based ⓘ
kinship-based ⓘ
usedAnimal horse ⓘ
pony ⓘ
usedLanguage Border dialects ⓘ
English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
usedWeapon dagger ⓘ
lance ⓘ
pistol ⓘ
sword ⓘ
wears light armour ⓘ
steel bonnet ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Liddesdale → knownFor → Border Reivers ⓘ
Battle of Otterburn → associatedWith → Border Reivers ⓘ
this entity surface form: English–Scottish border reivers
Ettrick Forest → associatedWith → Border Reivers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Border reivers
Lord of Annandale → region → Border Reivers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Borderlands of Scotland
Anglo-Scottish border → knownFor → Border Reivers ⓘ
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery → hasCollection → Border Reivers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Border Reivers history collection
Annandale → hasHistoricalAssociationWith → Border Reivers ⓘ
Teviotdale → hasHistoricalAssociation → Border Reivers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Border reivers
Clan Kerr → historicalRole → Border Reivers ⓘ
Canonbie → hasHistoricalAssociation → Border Reivers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Scottish border reivers