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Mapping Scottish Identity in the Roman de Fergus

July 24, 2013 By Medievalists.net

In the Roman de Fergus, a thirteenth-century verse romance in Old French, Guillaume le Clerc considers the consequences of Arthur’s assimilationist expansionism with a more focused attention to cultural difference and personal identity, again centered on the experience of a knight from Galloway, the eponymous

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Arthurian Legend, Geoffrey of Monmouth, High Middle Ages, History of the Kings of Britain, John Balliol, King William I the Lion, Malory, Morte D’Arthur, Poetry, Roman de Fergus, Scotland, Thirteenth century

Aristocratic Politics and the Crisis of Scottish Kingship, 1286–96

October 5, 2012 By Medievalists.net

In late 1292 the new king of Scots, John Balliol, did homage to Edward as his superior lord and during the next three years lived with the consequences of this act.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Alexander III of Scotland, Edward I, John Balliol, Kingship, Late Middle Ages, Politics, Robert Bruce, Scotland, Thirteenth century, Wars of Scottish Independence

The verity of facts depicted in Braveheart

July 15, 2012 By Medievalists.net

So our basic aim was to bring only true facts about the life of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the Scottish War of Independence, to compare all these facts with the film version and to enlight the mind of readers and film spectators.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Art History, Edward I, England, Film, Fourteenth Century, John Balliol, Late Middle Ages, Politics, Pop Culture, Robert Bruce, Scotland, Scottish Wars of Independence, Social History, Thirteenth century, War, William Wallace

Bruce, Balliol and the lordship of Galloway: south-western Scotland and the Wars of Independence

July 3, 2012 By Medievalists.net

Wars of Scottish Independence - 1332, Neville’s Cross

Overshadowed by the better documented and more closely studied Bruce campaigns in the north east, the savage civil war which convulsed the lordship between 1306 and 1314, and again from 1332 to 1356, is a neglected area of potentially great value, as it stemmed from a failure of Bruce policies.

Filed Under: Articles Tagged With: Alexander III of Scotland, Edward I, England, Fourteenth Century, High Middle Ages, John Balliol, Late Middle Ages, Robert Bruce, Thirteenth century, Wars of Scottish Independence, William Wallace

The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland

April 17, 2011 By Medievalists.net

The Auld Alliance (1295-1560) : Commercial Exchanges, Cultural and Intellectual Influences Between France and Scotland CANALLAS, MURIEL MA Thesis, UNIVERSITE DE TOULON ET DU VAR (2009) Abstract France and Scotland have always shared an obvious sense of friendship through the centuries. Few countries in history have been connected this way. One may wonder why. We can […]