The Wars of the Bruces

Scotland, England and Ireland 1306 - 1328

Colm McNamee

• Publisher: Birlinn
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN: 9780859766531
• eBook ISBN: 9780857904959
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: British History
• Index: History

The Bruces of fourteenth-century Scotland were formidable and enthusiastic warriors. Whilst much has been written about events as they happened in Scotland during the chaotic years of the first part of the fourteenth century, England's war with Robert the Bruce profoundly affected the whole of the British Isles. Scottish raiders struck deep into the heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire; Robert's younger brother, Edward Bruce, was proclaimed King of Ireland and came close to subduing the country; the Isle of Man was captured and a Welsh sea-port was raided; and in the North Sea Scots allied with German and Flemish pirates to cripple England's vital wool trade and disrupt its war effort.Packed with detail and written with a strong and involving narrative thread, this is the first book to link up the various theatres of war and discuss the effect of the wars of the Bruces outside Scotland.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Maps and Charts
• Abbreviations
• Introduction: Lordship and Nationality in the British Isles in the Early Fourteenth Century
• 1. The King of Summer: the Bruce Coup d’Etat in Scotland, 1306
• 2. Robert I, Edward II and the Kingdom of Scotland, 1307–1314
• 3. The Raiding of Northern England, 1311–1322
• 4. The Defence of Northern England, 1311–1322
• 5. The Bruce Intervention in Ireland, 1315–1322
• 6. The North Sea Theatre of War and the Towns
• Conclusion: The Climax and Collapse of the Scottish Hegemony in the British Isles, 1322–1330
• Bibliography
• Index