March (territory)
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march-territory-172-16773074
title:
March (territory)
text:
In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of borderland, as opposed to a state's "heartland". More specifically, a march was a border between realms or a neutral buffer zone under joint control of two states in which different laws might apply. In both of these senses, marches served a political purpose, such as providing warning of military incursions or regulating cross-border trade. Marches gave rise to titles such as marquess (masculine) or marchioness (feminine) in E
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Medieval European borderland or buffer zone
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_(territory)
date created:
2003-09-13T16:33:21Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:21:51Z
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