Medievalists.net » Wars of Scottish Independence http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 The Scottish wars of Edward III, 1327-1338 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/the-scottish-wars-of-edward-iii-1327-1338/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/the-scottish-wars-of-edward-iii-1327-1338/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 07:05:55 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=38665 This thesis deals with the events of the Anglo-Scottish wars of the 1330s and the English military machine that allowed Edward III to win numerous successes against the Scots yet was unable to secure a permanent conquest of any portion of Scotland save Berwick-upon Tweed.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/01/13/the-scottish-wars-of-edward-iii-1327-1338/feed/ 0 Spectacularizing Justice in Late Medieval England http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/spectacularizing-justice-in-late-medieval-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/spectacularizing-justice-in-late-medieval-england/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:53:41 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=37555 I use the word ritual because in cases of treachery use of a general ‘script’ as ordered by these two accounts emerges with surprising frequency in England in the late 13th and early 14th century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/28/spectacularizing-justice-in-late-medieval-england/feed/ 0 A Question of Truth: Barbour’s Bruce, Hary’s Wallace and Richard Coer de Lion http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/a-question-of-truth-barbours-bruce-harys-wallace-and-richard-coer-de-lion/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/a-question-of-truth-barbours-bruce-harys-wallace-and-richard-coer-de-lion/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:04:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36486 Tempting though it is to assume that these poems are simply peculiarly Scots, to do so denies them their place in British literature. A survey of English romances, moreover, reveals what appears to be an English equivalent: Richard Coer de Lion. It is also a hybrid poem about a recent king and military leader.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/a-question-of-truth-barbours-bruce-harys-wallace-and-richard-coer-de-lion/feed/ 0 Robert Bruce’s Bones: reputations, politics and identities in nineteenth-century Scotland http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/robert-bruces-bones-reputations-politics-and-identities-in-nineteenth-century-scotland/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/robert-bruces-bones-reputations-politics-and-identities-in-nineteenth-century-scotland/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2012 21:24:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36483 ‘We, on the whole, do our Hero-worship worse than any other Nation in this world ever did it before.’ Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881).

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/13/robert-bruces-bones-reputations-politics-and-identities-in-nineteenth-century-scotland/feed/ 0 Aristocratic Politics and the Crisis of Scottish Kingship, 1286–96 http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 17:08:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=36256 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2012/10/05/aristocratic-politics-and-the-crisis-of-scottish-kingship-1286-96/feed/ 0 The Women of the Wars of Independence in Literature and History http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/29/the-women-of-the-wars-of-independence-in-literature-and-history/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/08/29/the-women-of-the-wars-of-independence-in-literature-and-history/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:02:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=35229 My paper will have two main goals. The first goal is to survey the historical evidence available for the study of real women who were affected by the war...The second goal will be to consider the theoretical implications of the representation of women in a discourse produced entirely by men.

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