there is also much to be said for the view expressed some years ago:'Nineteenth-century
historians, and some of the present century as well, were all too prone to see evidence of …

Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland1 is undoubtedly one of them; it is
pleasant to know that it has already made an impression commensurate with the greatness …

In my book Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland1 I criticised the view
of the late Evan Barron, put forward in his book The Scottish War of Independence, 2 that in …

THE part played by the North of Scotland in the War of Independence has been consistently
ignored by Scottish historians. They have always taken it for granted that the War of …

Nationalism is undoubtedly one of the most potent political forces of the twentieth century. It
has destroyed both empires and the international unity of ideological movements. Its …

From a selfish point of view the historian has reason to be grateful for war, for it has been a
prodigious generator of record and stimulator of commentary and chronicle. This, I suppose …

" Thay auctouris is na worth, that sayis all peple far fra the sonne ar barbour and miserable."
So declared John Bellenden's transla-tion of Hector Boece's Scottorum historiae in 1531 …

In 1644 a massive Scottish army of Scottish Covenanters moved over the border into
England, claiming they were not invading their neighbour but acting to save its liberties, by …

When, in the summer of 1249, King Alexander II unexpected on the island of Kerrera, the
royal house of which he was th already faced the threat of extinction. 1 Alexander, whose fir …

THE first impression made by Bloch'controlled breadth. Its orchestration never fails to take
account of the look of the whole score. So much is this the case that the English reader …