In this special keynote episode, Professor Cynthia Neville discusses the international legal treatise the Leges Marchiarum, and what this can tell us about kingship, lordship, and the state in medieval Scotland. Professor Neville is a distinguished historian of law and society in medieval Scotland. She is Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, and is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Guelph, Ontario.

Professor Neville's paper bridges the gap between the Crossing Borders, Contesting Boundaries podcast series and MEMSA's 15th annual conference on the same theme, to be held between Monday 19th and Wednesday 21st July. Register to attend here: https://forms.office.com/r/bKijfpGFNa

Music: Aitua, 'Blind Fire', from the album Elements. Used with the kind permission of the artist. All rights reserved.