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Schiltron Trumps English Cavalry
William Wallace designed the Scottish Schiltron to slow the reign of terror by England's King Edward Long Shanks. Robert, The Bruce improved it to establish Independence.
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Medieval Outlaw Heroes of Scotland
This week's outlaws, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, come from late 13th and early 14th century Scotland.
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The Wallace Monument, Scotland
Scotland's national hero, William Wallace, stands tall with this monument overlooking Stirling.
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Book Review: A Great and Terrible King
Edward I of England, best known in history as "Longshanks" and the "Hammer of the Scots", led an action-packed life during one of the Middle Ages' most dramatic reigns.
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Scotland's Fight For Independence
William Wallace won a dramatic victory against the English in 1297. The English army were annihilated. Robert the Bruce continued fighting for independence.
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Shannon Drake's Conquer the Night
Best-selling Author Shannon Drake travels back to the days of King David of Scotland in this wonderful historical novel "Conquer the Night."
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Scotland - Edinburgh - Medieval and Modern
Princes Street is one of the most elegant streets in Europe. Visit the medieval Old Town and the Gothic monument to Sir Walter Scott, for bird's eye views from the top.
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The Later Plantagenets
The later Plantagenet kings ruled England through a period marked by (largely successfull) wars at home and abroad, and through the devastating Black Death of 1349-1350.
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Reivers - Clans of the English Scottish Border
To Reive is to thieve. From the 14th to the 17th centuries theft, murder and feud were rife among the Border Clans of England and Scotland.
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Reivers - The Debateable Land
The Debateable Land, straddling the English\Scottish Borderline, was a tract of Border country frequented by Border Reivers who avoided the justice their crimes deserved.
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