Ebook: Otterburn 1388: bloody border conflict

Cover; Title; Contents; Origins of the Campaign; Chronology; Opposing Commanders; Opposing Armies; Opposing Plans; The Campaign of 1388; The Battle of Otterburn, August 1388; Aftermath; The Battle of Humbleton Hill, 14 September 1402; Epilogue; The Battlefields Today; Select Bibliography; Related Titles; Imprint.;In his Chronicles, Froissart describes Otterburn as 'the best fought and the most severe' battle of his time. Fought at Redesdale in Northumberland in August 1388, the battle originated from the ongoing war between the Scots and the English following Robert Bruce's victory over the English at Bannockburn in 1314. Using all the contemporary sources, this book details the events that led up to the clash on the borders, examines the opposing armies, their weaponry and their commanders - including the Douglases on the Scots side and the Percys on the English - and gives a full account of the ba.