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Declaration of Arbroath

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  • Arbroath Abbey
    In Arbroath

    The Declaration of Arbroath, asserting the independence of Scotland following Robert the Bruce’s victory over the English at Bannockburn (1314), was composed by the Scottish Parliament in Arbroath Abbey and sent to the pope at Avignon, France. Engineering, packaging, oil-related industries, food processing, and tourism are…

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  • Scotland
    In Scotland: Robert I (1306–29)

    The Declaration of Arbroath of 1320 is perhaps more informative about his methods. Ostensibly a letter from the magnates of Scotland to the pope, pledging their support for King Robert, it seems in reality to have been framed by Bernard de Linton, Robert’s chancellor. In committing…

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