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Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia - William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (c. 1270 – August 22, 1305), sometimes called The Wallace, was a Scottish knight who led his countrymen in resistan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battle Of Dunbar: Encyclopedia - Battle Of Dunbar
There were two Battles of Dunbar: Battle of Dunbar (1296), in the Wars of Scottish Independence. Battle of Dunbar (1650), in the Third E...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Kingdom Of Alba Or Scotia
Scotland in the High Middle Ages - Gaelic kings: Domnall II to Alexander I. King Domnall II was the first man to have been called rí A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - Origins
Tradition often describes Wallace as "one of the common people", in contrast to his countryman, Robert the Bruce, who came from the upper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Demographics
The population of Scotland in this period is unknown. Not until 1755 do we get reliable information about the population of Scotland, whe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Economy
The Scottish economy of this period was dominated by agriculture and by short-distance, local trade. There was an increasing amount of fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Society
Medieval Scottish society was stratified. We know more about status in early Gaelic society than perhaps any other early medieval Europea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Military
After the "Norman Conquest" of David I, the warriors of Scotland can be classed as of two types. Firstly, the native exercitus Scoticanus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Outsiders View
The Irish thought of Scotland as a provincial place. Others thought of it as a outlandish or barbaric place. To the Holy Roman Emperor Fr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - National Identity
In this period, the word Scot was not the word used by vast majority of Scots to describe themselves. This was in fact only the word they...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Culture
As a predominantly Gaelic society, most Scottish cultural practices throughout this period mirrored closely those of Ireland, or at least...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Christianity & The Church
We can be sure that at least all of northern Britain, except the Scandinavian far north and west was Christian by the tenth century. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Geography
Neither the political nor the theoretical boundaries of Scotland in this period, as both Alba and Scotia, corresponded exactly to modern ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Law And Government
Early Gaelic law tracts, first written down in the ninth century, reveal a society highly concerned with kinship, status, honour and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Origins Of The Kingdom Of Alba
Main articles: Scotland in the Early Middle Ages, and Origins of the Kingdom of Alba In the Roman period, the province province of Britan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - The Battle Of Stirling Bridge
On September 11, 1297, Wallace achieved victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. Although vastly outnumbered, the Scottish forces led by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - Wallace's Exploits Begin
According to local Ayrshire legend, two English soldiers challenged Wallace in the Lanark marketplace regarding his catching of fish. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - Scotland In Wallace's Time
At the time of Wallace's birth, King Alexander III had reigned for over twenty years. His rule had seen a period of peace and economic st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - The Battle Of Falkirk
A year later the military tables turned at the Battle of Falkirk. On April 1, 1298, the English had invaded Scotland at Roxburgh. They pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - Wallace's Capture And Execution
Sir William evaded capture by the English until August 5, 1305, when Sir John de Menteith, a Scottish knight loyal to Edward, turned Wall...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Historiography
Scotland in this period, for such a small region of Eurasia, is relatively well studied in this period. New works come out every year, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - 700th Anniversary Of Wallace's Execution
In 2005, the 700th anniversary of Wallace's execution, his sword became the most popular feature of an exhibition in New York during the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Wallace: Encyclopedia Ii - William Wallace - Portrayal In Fiction
An insignificant amount of comprehensive and historically accurate information was written about Wallace. Many stories, however, are base...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotland In The High Middle Ages: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotland In The High Middle Ages - Other Kingdoms
Amidst the genre of National histories and the scholarly desire to explain and legitimise modern national entities, it is easy to forget ...   » Read the article