Robert The Bruce

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Robert The Bruce
By Ross Yuile
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His Life

• Robert was born on the 11th July 1274 into
  aristocratic Scottish family. Through his father
  he was distantly related to the Scottish royal
  family his mother had Gaelic antecedents

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The Battle Of Bannockburn

• And when it comes to the fight Let each man set
  his heart will and strengthTo humble our foes
  great pride.They will come arrayed on horseAnd
  advance on you at no small speedMeet them with
  spears boldly,And think then of the great
  illThat they and theirs have done to usAnd are
  still determined to do.Bruces advice to his
  troops before Bannockburnin John Barbours epic
  poem The Bruce c.1377.From modern translation
  by A.A.M.Duncan.

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Wars Of Independence

• Scotland and England are two nations divided by
  their experience of history. That divide was
  never wider than during the Wars of Independence
  in the 13th and 14th centuries when a chance
  event brought an era of relative friendship to an
  end in violent conflict.

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The Declaration Of Arbroath

• The Declaration of Arbroath is without doubt the
  most famous document in Scottish history. Like
  the American Declaration of Independence, which
  is partially based on it, it is seen by many as
  the founding document of the Scottish nation. It
  was drafted on the 6th April 1320 - a day the
  United States of America has declared to be
  Tartan Day.

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His Death

• Robert died on 7 June 1329. He was buried at
  Dunfermline. He requested that his heart be taken
  to the Holy Land, but it only got as far as
  Spain. It was returned to Scotland and buried in
  Melrose Abbey.