SCOTLAND HISTORY

Freedom's Sword: Scotland's Wars of Independence by Peter Traquair

Publisher's Synopsis
This engaging popular history captures one of the most turbulent eras in Scottish history -- the struggle for independence from England that began in 1286 and lasted until the English finally recognized Scottish sovereignty in 1357. A story of dynastic maneuvering, baronial revolts, bloody campaigns, and epic battles, including Stirling Bridge and Bannockburn, Freedom's Sword brings to life two of Scotland's greatest heroes, William Wallace and Robert the Bruce, and covers the conflict's endgame in the decades after Robert's death in 1329.

For the Lion: A History of the Scottish Wars of Independence, 1296-1357 by Raymond Campbell Paterson

The Second Scottish Wars of Independence, 1332-1363 by Chris Brown

Independence and Nationhood: Scotland 1306 - 1469 by Alexander Grant

Publisher's Synopsis
Challenging traditional assumptions of general late-medieval decline, Alexander Grant demonstrates how the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries were a crucially important period of change and growth for Scotland. Under Robert Bruce and his successors, Scotland maintained its independence from England and developed its sense of nationhood, with a profound effect upon domestic and foreign affairs. Dr Grant argues that this led to the evolution of a distinctive Scottish government, nobility, Church and economy, and puts Scottish history into the international context of the Hundred Years War, the plague and pre-Reformation Christianity.

Border Fury: England and Scotland at War, 1296-1568 by John Sadler

Publisher's Synopsis
A history of three long and bloody centuries of endemic warfare between England and Scotland. Border Fury reveals how medieval English Kings sought to dominate their northern neighbour, and why they failed.