Medievalists.net » David II http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Second Scottish War of Independence, 1332-41: a national war? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/13/second-scottish-war-independence-1332-41-national-war/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/13/second-scottish-war-independence-1332-41-national-war/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2014 18:08:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=52555 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/09/13/second-scottish-war-independence-1332-41-national-war/feed/ 0 The Scots at the Battle of Neville’s Cross, 17 October 1346 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/11/the-scots-at-the-battle-of-nevilles-cross-17-october-1346/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/11/the-scots-at-the-battle-of-nevilles-cross-17-october-1346/#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2013 15:46:29 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=42776 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/08/11/the-scots-at-the-battle-of-nevilles-cross-17-october-1346/feed/ 0 Christian Days and Knights: The Religious Devotions and Court of David II of Scotland, 1329-71 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/christian-days-and-knights-the-religious-devotions-and-court-of-david-ii-of-scotland-1329-71/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/christian-days-and-knights-the-religious-devotions-and-court-of-david-ii-of-scotland-1329-71/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:17:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=29197 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/02/12/christian-days-and-knights-the-religious-devotions-and-court-of-david-ii-of-scotland-1329-71/feed/ 0 The Bruce Dynasty, Becket and Scottish Pilgrimage to Canterbury, c.1178-c.1404 http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/11/the-bruce-dynasty-becket-and-scottish-pilgrimage-to-canterbury-c-1178-c-1404-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/04/11/the-bruce-dynasty-becket-and-scottish-pilgrimage-to-canterbury-c-1178-c-1404-2/#comments Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:57:36 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=19575 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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