The Making of Scotland; Lectures on the War of Independence

by Herbert Eustace Maxwell

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. ... RISE OF BRUCE; EXECUTION OF WALLACE; DEATH OF EDWARD A.D. 1297 I3O7 Influence of the Church-1290--1315 Battle of Falkirk.... 22nd July, 1298 Bruce's opportunity-----1298 King Philip of France arrests Wallace-i99 Bruce's double dealing-1299-1306 Surrender of Comyn at Strathord--9th February, 1304 Secret bond between Bruce and Lamberton I ith June, 1304 Siege of Stirling Castle-May-July, 1304 Execution of Wallace----22nd August, 1305 Murder of the Red Comyn--10th February, 1306 Coronation of Robert Bruce--29th March, 1306 Good Sir James of Douglas---i286(?)-i33o King Robert defeated at Methven-26th June, 1306 Lands at Turnberry-----March, 1307 At bay in Glen Trool-March-May, 1307 Battle of Loudon Hill-May, 1307 Death of Edward I.----7th June, 1307 Ill "OEFORE asking you to follow the course of events any further, I would have you consider the perplexing question, in what degree was the question of national independence one in which the communitas--the body of the people--took a lively interest? The various races--Picts, Scots, Cumbrians, Saxons and Norsemen--who owned allegiance to Alexander III., had been too recently knit into one nation to ensure a common and homogeneous patriotism. In fact it is within our knowledge that five centuries had to pass before the Saxon Lowlander learnt to regard the Celtic Highlander without either dread or contempt--dread when he lived near the Highland border--contempt when his lot lay outside the radius of Highland raids. Even had the natives of Scotland been of one blood and one language, there must still have existed a serious obstacle to common political sentiment and action in the difficulty of communication between different districts. How should the clansmen of Ross and Sutherland, the peasantry of Teviotdale and Cl...

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First published May 30, 2008

About the author

Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, 7th Baronet, Bt, KT, PC, JP, DL, FRS, FRGS was a Scottish novelist, essayist, artist, antiquarian, horticulturalist and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1906.