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The battle of Bannockburn, fought on the fields south of Stirling at midsummer 1314, is the best known event in the history of Medieval Scotland. It was a unique event. The clash of two armies, each led by a king, followed a clear challenge to a battle to determine the status of Scotland. As a key point in the Anglo-Scottish wars of the fourteenth century, the battle has been extensively discussed, but Bannockburn was also a pivotal event in the history of the British Isles. This book analyses the road to Bannockburn, the campaign of 1314 and the aftermath of the fight. It demonstrates that in

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How writers have imagined the idea of Scottish independence over 700 years Poet and critic Robert Crawford explores in eloquent detail the literary-cultural background to Scottish nationalism in the lead-up to the referendum on independence for Scotland in September 2014. He begins with the totemic Battle of Bannockburn in 1314, in which the Scots routed the English and preserved their independence until the two nations peacefully united in 1707. Continuing up to the present day, he examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. Pu

Fictions. --- Literary works. --- Scottish -- Literature. --- English literature --- Scottish literature --- Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314 --- English --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- Languages & Literatures --- History & Archaeology --- English Literature --- Great Britain --- Bannockburn, Battle of, 1314 --- Scottish authors --- History and criticism --- Caractère national --- Bataille de Bannockburn (1314) --- Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314. --- Dans la littérature. --- History and criticism. --- Écosse (GB) --- Scotland --- In literature. --- History --- Caractère national --- Dans la littérature. --- Écosse (GB)

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"Scotland and the First World War : Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Bannockburn is a collection of new interdisciplinary essays interrogating the trans-historical myths of nation, belonging and martial identity that shaped Scotland's encounter with the First World War. In a series of thematically linked essays, experts from the fields of literature, history and cultural studies examine how Scotland remembers war, and how remembering war has shaped Scotland"--Provided by publisher.

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Barbour's Bruce underpins contemporary understanding of Robert Bruce and his achievements, and sets up paradigms of medieval Scottish heroism and chivalry.

Poetry --- History and criticism. --- Robert --- Scotland --- History --- Kings and rulers --- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland. --- Bannockburn. --- Barbour. --- Freedom. --- James Douglas. --- Robert Bruce. --- Scottishness. --- Thomas Randolph. --- chivalry. --- heroism. --- kingship. --- loyalty. --- nobility. --- rebellion. --- violence and conflict.

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A new appraisal of the military careers and activities of soldiers from elite medieval families. In 1277 the recently crowned king of England, Edward I, invaded Wales; his army, large for the time, was none the less modest by his later standards. Most of his countrymen had not been on active service outside the realm for twenty years and more, if at all, yet over the course of the following four decades, up to the battle of Bannockburn in 1314, they would be called upon to fight in four different theatres of war: in Wales, Gascony, Flanders and Scotland. Although the identities of many of the men who fought in these wars, particularly those of the thousands of peasant foot soldiers, will never be known, the names of a large proportion of the men-at-arms can be located in the records of central government. This book utilises these sources - pay-rolls, horse inventories, wardrobe books and others - to examine the military careers and activities of these men-at-arms, focusing on five main themes: mobilisation; military command; service patterns among the gentry; retinues and their composition; and 'feudal' service. Dr DAVID SIMPKIN is Research Associate at the University of Reading.

Aristocracy (Social class) --- Soldiers --- Warfare. --- Social aspects. --- Military aspects. --- Adel. --- Soldaten. --- Feudalism. --- Armed Forces personnel --- Members of the Armed Forces --- Military personnel --- Military service members --- Service members --- Servicemen, Military --- Armed Forces --- Aristocracy --- Aristocrats --- Upper class --- Nobility --- History --- Great Britain. --- Angliǐskai︠a︡ Armii︠a︡ --- Tsava ha-Briṭi --- British Army --- בריטניה. --- צבא הבריטי --- England and Wales. --- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. --- Great Britain --- History, Military --- Battle of Bannockburn. --- Battle. --- British History. --- Edward I. --- Feudal. --- Flanders. --- Gascony. --- Gentry. --- Heraldry. --- Infantry. --- Medieval History. --- Medieval Warfare. --- Medieval soldier. --- Military History. --- Peasant. --- Prosopography. --- Scotland. --- Social History. --- Soldiers. --- Wales. --- Oorlogvoering. --- Sociale aspecten. --- Militaire aspecten. --- Feodalisme.