The Second Scottish War of Independence, 1332-41: a national war?

David Bruce, king of Scotland, acknowledges Edward III as his feudal lord

While there is no doubt that the second war began in 1332 there is more uncertainty as to when it ended. Unlike the first war, there was no peace treaty between Scotland and England bringing the armed conflict to an end.

The Scots at the Battle of Neville’s Cross, 17 October 1346

Battle of Neville's Cross from a 15th-century Froissart manuscript (BN MS Fr. 2643).

This is an analysis of the loyalties and political rivalries of the army of David II of Scotland at the battle of Neville’s Cross in 1346 where that king was apparently deserted by some of his subjects and led off to eleven years’ captivity in England.

Christian Days and Knights: The Religious Devotions and Court of David II of Scotland, 1329-71

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Yet relative to his resources, David’s favour to the Scottish church and to Christian works in general was arguably as extensive as that of his aforementioned royal peers and predecessors, men who besides had a profound influence upon David’s nonetheless very individual court style.

The Bruce Dynasty, Becket and Scottish Pilgrimage to Canterbury, c.1178-c.1404

This paper seeks to question the assumption that the outbreak of prolonged Anglo-Scottish war in 1296 brought an abrupt decline in Scottish interest in St Thomas, his shrine at Canterbury and the great abbey dedicated to him in Scotland at Arbroath

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