Sunday, March 25, 2007
This Day in the History of Little Remembered Kings
On this day in 1306, Robert I, "the Bruce," was crowned King of Scots. Most history fans know about Scot victories over English forces like Bannockburn (1314) and William Wallace's modest successes before that, but few remember when the Scots were slaughtered by the English like at Halidon Hill (1333) and Flodden Field (1513). There's a reason for the United Kingdoms of Great Britain. England kept beating the snot out of the Scots every so often. A de facto union occurred at the beginning of the 17th Century. The Act of Union of 1707 made it de jure and, for all practical purposes, made Scotland merely a part of England, which it geographically is, I guess, just as Wales is, but which union seems slowly to be dissolving lately.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:14 AM 
