Border

Japanese: Border
Border

…The border area between England and Scotland, a vast region stretching 160 km from the Solway Firth in the west to where the River Tweed flows into the North Sea in the east. It is also simply called the Border. From the 11th to the 15th century, the two countries repeatedly invaded each other and fought fierce wars. In this region, where beautiful hills, rivers, lakes, valleys, ruins of churches and castles remain, tragedies and comedies related to battles have been passed down in many ballads and other poems. Among them, W. Scott's "Minute of the Scottish Frontier" (1802-03), which added his own poems to these oral ballads, is famous. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Border" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…イギリスの,イングランドとスコットランドとの国境地帯,西はソルウェー湾から東はトウィード川が北海に注ぐあたりまでの160kmにおよぶ広大な地域をいう。単に〈ボーダーThe Border〉とも呼ばれる。11世紀から15世紀にかけて,互いに侵略をくり返し,はげしい戦火を交えた。美しい丘や川,湖や谷に廃墟の教会や城がのこるこの地域で,戦いにまつわる悲喜劇が,多くのバラッドや他の詩歌に語りつがれてきた。なかでも,こうした口伝のバラッドに自作詩を加えたW.スコットの《スコットランド辺境の吟遊詩》(1802‐03)は有名である。…

※「Border」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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