Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A march or mark was, in broad terms, a medieval European term for any kind of borderland, as opposed to a notional \"heartland\". More specifically, a march was a border between realms, and/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, or both.Just as counties were traditionally ruled by counts, marches gave rise to titles such as: marquess (masculine) or marchioness (feminine) in England, marquis (masc.) or marquise (fem.) in France and Scotland, margrave (Markgraf i.e. \"march count\"; masc.) or margravine (Markgräfin i.e. \"march countess\", fem.) in Germany, and corresponding titles in other European states."@en }
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- March_(territorial_entity) abstract "A march or mark was, in broad terms, a medieval European term for any kind of borderland, as opposed to a notional \"heartland\". More specifically, a march was a border between realms, and/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, or both.Just as counties were traditionally ruled by counts, marches gave rise to titles such as: marquess (masculine) or marchioness (feminine) in England, marquis (masc.) or marquise (fem.) in France and Scotland, margrave (Markgraf i.e. \"march count\"; masc.) or margravine (Markgräfin i.e. \"march countess\", fem.) in Germany, and corresponding titles in other European states.".