Robert Bruce: And the Community of the Realm of Scotland: An Edinburgh Classic Edition

ISBN-13: 9780748685226 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 560 str.

G W S Barrow;Michael Brown

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This classic edition is the definitive history of Robert Bruce's life and career, during Scotland's tumultuous coming of age in the Wars of Independence, and one of the twentieth century's bona-fide classics in historical writing. It tells the story of how Robert Bruce outwitted Edward I, defeated his son, Edward II and in so doing secured independence for Scotland. First published in 1965, ROBERT BRUCE was quickly recognised as an indispensable guide to understanding Scotland's complex game of thrones and its medieval society. The central theme of this crucial work remains the interplay and tension between Bruce himself and the very concept of a Scottish nation, of which Bruce aspired to be king. The chief shift in emphasis in this history was to demonstrate the continuity and unity of purpose which linked the stake-holders of a nascent Scottish realm throughout the period from 1290 to 1329. In this bloody period of political intrigue, battlefield heroism and variable loyalties, a singularly Scottish identity was born in campaigns against English claims, culminating in the Battle of Bannockburn in June 1314, the fulcrum around which Bruce built a nation and a Scottish peace.

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Contents; Maps vii; Abbreviations ix; Preface xi; 1. A Kingdom in Perplexity; 2. Bruce of Annandale; 3. Bruce versus Balliol; 4. A Lamb among Wolves; 5. Two Kinds of War; 6. Experiments in Guardianship; 7. The King over the Water; 8. Defeat; 9. Revolution; 10. A King in Search of his Throne; 11. The Turn of the Tide; 12. Bannockburn; 13. War and Peace; 14. Good King Robert; The Clergy; The Nobles; The Community of the Realm; 15. In Search of Robert Bruce; Appendix; Notes to Chapters; Genealogical Tables; Table of Dates; Index.