Barbour’s Brus: Robert the Bruce & the birth of Scottish literature
16 December, online. £10
Why does Scots literature seemingly burst into life in the 14th century with Barbour’s ‘The Brus’?
Prof Rhiannon Purdie explores John Barbour’s epic poem, uncovering the questions surrounding its emergence in the 1370s, the apparent absence of predecessors, & reflecting on the beginnings of Scottish literature.
#Scottish #literature #medievalliterature #medieval #14thcentury
Schyr Hanry myssit the noble king…
Robert I, King of Scots, killed Sir Henry de Bohun in single combat on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn #OTD, 23 June 1314. The epic vernacular poem “The Brus” by John Barbour (c.1320–1395) describes the event
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#Scottish #literature #poetry #medieval #14thcentury #history #MiddleAges #Bannockburn #epic #vernacular #poem #Scots #Scotslanguage
#OTD, 24 June, in 1314, the Scottish army under King Robert I destroyed a much larger English invasion force at Bannockburn, in one of the most decisive battles in medieval history. In 1793 Robert Burns composed “Scots Wha Hae”, originally entitled “Robert Bruce’s March To Bannockburn”
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#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #14thcentury #medieval #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns
“It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours, that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself”
The Declaration of Arbroath – a letter from the Community of the Realm of Scotland to Pope John XXII, asserting Scotland’s independence & supporting Robert I as the rightful king – was signed #OTD, 6 April, 1320
https://unesco.org.uk/our-sites/memory-of-the-world/the-declaration-of-arbroath
#Scottish #literature #history #medievalhistory #14thcentury
Schyr Hanry myssit the noble king…
Robert I, King of Scots, killed Sir Henry de Bohun in single combat on the first day of the Battle of Bannockburn #OTD, 23 June 1314. The epic vernacular #poem “The Brus” by John Barbour (c1320–95) describes the event
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#Scottish #literature #poetry #medieval #14thcentury #history #MiddleAges #Bannockburn #epic #vernacular #poem #Scots #Scotslanguage
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@scotlit/116799308000862152
An alternative account of the Bruce–de Bohun duel at Bannockburn appears in 1066 & ALL THAT (published 1930), by WC Sellar & RJ Yeatman, as one of the reasons (all unfair) for the English defeat
(Historical curiosity: WC Sellar, a Scot, was grandson of Patrick Sellar, the Duke of Sutherland’s factor during the Clearances)
#Scottish #literature #medieval #14thcentury #history #MiddleAges #Bannockburn #humour #1066andAllThat
#OTD, 24 June, in 1314, the Scottish army under King Robert I destroyed a much larger English invasion force at Bannockburn, in one of the most decisive battles in medieval history. In 1793 Robert Burns composed “Scots Wha Hae”, originally entitled “Robert Bruce’s March To Bannockburn”
⚔️🧵
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#Scottish #literature #Bannockburn #BattleofBannockburn #14thcentury #medieval #history #18thcentury #RobertBurns #poem #poetry #song
