Category: History
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Black Agnes, Countess of Dunbar
For more than 40 years, Scotland had been at war. In 1391, Edward I of England had been asked to arbitrate the selection of a new king of Scotland, but he instead saw an opportunity to take Scotland for himself. Through manipulation and coercion, kidnapping and violence, Edward I laid claim to the kingdom. Scotland… Read more
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King over the Water
When the Duke of Cumberland defeated the Jacobite army under “Bonnie Prince Charlie” at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, he and the government of his father, George II, initiated a harsh campaign designed to wipe out any remaining loyalty to the Stuart royal family. British troops marched through small Highland towns. Oaths of loyalty… Read more