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- Border reivers - Wikipedia
Border reivers were raiders along the Anglo-Scottish border
- What is a Reiver? - Iowa Western Community College
The simple answer: a Reiver is a River Pirate But there’s more to our mascot than just that The word “reiver” dates back to the Middle Ages English and Scottish tribes battled each other and plundered nearby communities
- The History of the Border Reivers
The story of the Reivers dates from the 14th century and continued into the late 17th century It concerns the border between England and Scotland, a frontier lacking law and order
- REIVER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
REIVER meaning: 1 in the past, one of the raiders (= people who enter a place and steal from it, usually… Learn more
- Reivers and Relatives: Ancestors along the Anglo-Scottish Border
The “Riding Clans” or “Border Reivers” of the Anglo-Scottish borders were, like the Highlanders, organized into clans led by a clan chief These clans were not of Gaelic origin
- Reivers – In Search of The Border Reivers
Visitors who head north by road or rail for the Highlands and Islands often do not realise what they are missing by not stopping to savour the delights of the Border Lands, for centuries the stamping ground of the Border Reivers but now the peaceful homelands of the Anglo-Scottish Borderers
- Border Reivers: discover who they were and how they . . .
The Border Reivers were made up of the farmers and families who lived along the Anglo Scottish border between the 1290s and the early 1600s They began raiding during war time under the advisement of the English and Scottish monarchs but then continued this during times of peace
- Border Reivers - Roman Army Museum
The Reivers were notorious for thieving cattle and goods, ambush, murder, kidnap, and blackmail, perpetuating long-running feuds, instilling fear and ruining livelihoods
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