Research Catalog

Title

For the lion : a history of the Scottish Wars of Independence / Raymond Campbell Paterson.

Author

Paterson, Raymond Campbell

Publication

Edinburgh : John Donald Publishers, c1996.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xiv, 208 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"Seven hundred years ago King Edward I of England crossed the Scottish border with a powerful army and began one of the epic struggles of the Middles Ages - the Scottish Wars of Independence." "For England the aim of the war was simple: to establish an imperial sway over the whole of the British Isles. Scotland had to prevail against its powerful southern neighbour or face national obliteration." "The Anglo-Scots conflicts can be divided into two distinct phases: the First War of Independence, which concluded when England recognised Robert Bruce as King of Scots in 1328; and the Second War of Independence, in which the English tried to oust Bruce's son and successor David II, and place their own puppet king, Edward Balliol, on the throne of Scotland." "This book is the first attempt to embrace in a single volume the whole course of the wars from the invasion of 1926 to the release of David from English captivity in 1357. It aims to bring alive to a modern audience one of the great dramas of British history, and to help them understand what was one of the most formative periods of the whole Scottish national experience."--Jacket.

Subject

• 1066-1485
• Military history, Medieval
• Scotland > History > War of Independence, 1285-1371
• Great Britain > History > Edward I, 1272-1307
• Great Britain > History, Military > 1066-1485

Genre/Form

• History
• Military history

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-195) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Nation in Crisis, 1290-1296 -- 2. Darkest Hour, 1296-1299 -- 3. War to the Finish, 1299-1305 -- 4. New Birth of Freedom, 1306-1307 -- 5. Winning of a Kingdom, 1307-1314 -- 6. Bannockburn and Arbroath, 1314-1320 -- 7. Northampton, 1321-1329 -- 8. Disputed Throne, 1329-1332 -- 9. Edward Balliol, the Autumn King, 1332 -- 10. Haildon Hill, a Barren Triumph, 1332-1333 -- 11. Shifting Sands of Fortune, 1333-1335 -- 12. For the Lion, 1335-1336 -- 13. Scotland and the Start of the Hundred Years War, 1336-1338 -- 14. Road to Neville's Cross, 1339-1346 -- 15. Return of the King, 1347-1357 -- 16. Aftermath.

ISBN

0859764354

LCCN

^^^97115604^//r97

OCLC

• 37345792
• SCSB-11792280

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library