The Battle of Bannockburn 1314
Author : Aryeh Nusbacher
Publisher :
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :
Bannockburn 1314
Author : Peter Armstrong
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 30,64 MB
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 178200419X
Book Description
Pete Armstrong's illustrated account of the Battle of Bannockburn, a pivotal campaign in the First War of Scottish Independence. Bannockburn was the climax of the career of King Robert the Bruce. In 1307 King Edward I of England, 'The Hammer of the Scots' and nemesis of William Wallace, died and his son, Edward II, was not from the same mould. Idle and apathetic, he allowed the Scots the chance to recover from the grievous punishment inflicted upon them. By 1314 Bruce had captured every major English-held castle bar Stirling and Edward II took an army north to subdue the Scots. Pete Armstrong's account of this battle culminates at the decisive battle of Bannockburn that finally won Scotland her independence.
Bannockburn 1314
Author : Chris Brown
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,81 MB
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752452548
Book Description
The Battle of Bannockburn, fought over two days on 23 and 24 June in 1314 by a small river crossing in Stirling, was a decisive victory for Robert the Bruce in the Scottish Wars of Independence against the English. It was the greatest defeat the English would suffer throughout the Middle Ages, and a huge personal humiliation for King Edward II. --
Bannockburn
Author : David Cornell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 18,5 MB
Release : 2013-06
Category : Bannockburn, Battle of, Scotland, 1314
ISBN : 9780300207941
Book Description
Cornell sets the iconic battle in political and military context and focuses new attention on the roles of Robert and Edward in the events leading to the build-up of their armies. He reassesses both the crucial melee fought on the second day and the casualties suffered by the English.
1314
Author : Aryeh Nusbacher
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 37,68 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752429823
Book Description
Recent scholarship has illuminated one of the most exciting battles of Scottish history, showing it to be as historically significant as it was romantic and bloody. This book carries the reader through the politics and plans of a military campaign of the Middle Ages. Using recent studies on weapons, warfare, and Scottish history, as well as sound archival sources, this book opens the files on a year's preparation for a massive English invasion of Scotland. In addition to the heroic legends, Bannockburn 1314 examines the common soldiers summoned to war and the knights who fought near them.
The Brus
Author : John Barbour
Publisher :
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 24,90 MB
Release : 1856
Category : Epic poetry, Scottish
ISBN :
Book Description
Scalacronica
Author : Thomas Gray
Publisher :
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 18,56 MB
Release : 1836
Category : Great Britain
ISBN :
Book Description
The English Aristocracy at War
Author : David Simpkin
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 33,49 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1843833883
Book Description
A new appraisal of the military careers and activities of soldiers from elite medieval families.
Bannockburn 1314: A New History
Author : Dr Chris Brown
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 2009-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0752496719
Book Description
Bannockburn 1314 is a history of the most celebrated battle between Scotland and England, in which a mere 7,000 followers of Robert the Bruce defeated more than 15,000 of Edward II's troops. The Battle of Bannockburn, fought over two days on 23 and 24 June 1314 by a small river crossing just south of Stirling, was a decisive victory for Robert, and secured for Scotland de facto independence from England. It was the greatest defeat the English would suffer throughout the Middle Ages, and a huge personal humiliation for Edward. Chris Brown's account recreates the campaign from the perspectives of both the Scots and English. Through an in-depth investigation of contemporary narrative sources as well as administrative records, and with a fresh look at the terrain where the battle was fought, he is able to come to firmer conclusions as to exactly what happened, and why, and thereby to rewrite the traditional history of the battle.
The Knights Templar and Scotland
Author : Robert Ferguson
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,15 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752493381
Book Description
Places and books like Rosslyn Chapel and The Da Vinci Code have focused attention on Scotland's Knights Templar. Who they were and what they did has been touched upon, but never properly explored until now. They were close advisors to Scotland's early kings; they were major property owners and respected landlords in a harsh and unforgiving time; and they were secretive and arrogant. But did they really flee from France to Scotland just prior to their arrest in 1307? Did they fight with Robert the Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314? And how did the Templars continue on after Bannockburn? In The Knights Templar and Scotland Robert Ferguson intertwines Templar and Scottish history, from the foundation of the order in the early twelfth century right up to the present day. Including a comparison of the arrest of the Templars in France with the Templar Inquisition at Holyrood, and an examination of the part they played at Bannockburn, this is an essential book for anyone with an interest in the history of the Knights Templar.
