Ten Minute English and British History #13 - The First Scottish War of Independence.

This episode covers the wake of Alexander III's death and Scotland's search for an heir. This led to Edward I of England's intervention and after his dominance was rejected by the Scottish, Edward sought to conquer instead. William Wallace and later King Robert the Bruce were the leaders of the Scottish resistance which eventually saw England defeated and Scotland remain independent.

Recommended books:

A. Barrell, Medieval Scotland (2000). A great overview of the period but its scope is much broader than this episode.

G. Barrow, Kingship and Unity: Scotland, 1100-1306 (2003). Much greater focus than the above.

M. Morris, A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the forging of Britain (2008). For an overview of England and its aims during the Scottish Wars of Independence.

Ten Minute English and British History is a series of short, ten minute animated narrative documentaries that are designed as revision refreshers or simple introductions to a topic. Please note that these are not meant to be comprehensive and there's a lot of stuff I couldn't fit into the episodes that I would have liked to. Thank you for watching, though, it's always appreciated.

[exbronco]

When England returned the Stone of Destiny in '96, they were like "sorry this took so long, traffic was horrible."

[BambiTrout]

So basically Scotland didn't want to be Wales'd but ended up getting wailed on by the Welsh

[somebloke]

Wales'd is my new favourite word.

[pku_creamier]

5:43 "it is the crown thats in his sight, and its the reason we will fight!" nice sabaton reference there :)

[cheydinal]

English Kings ignoring the Pope is like Dave Chapelle's Black Bush skit about the United Nations: "Oh no, are you going to sanction me with your army? Oh right, it's way smaller than mine and in central Italy!"

[capnthrash]

"We need a king to rule our land, Bruce is in command!" Love me a good Sabaton reference!

[humerusmanhumerus]

Anytime his accusation of treason was brought up in his trial, Wallace would furiously deny it, because Edward was never his king so he couldn’t betray him.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[thelegend_doggo]

It wasn’t just the English errors that lead Bruce to win Bannockburn, it was the good training he gave his men, and good leadership.

[AlphaNOmegaa]

"found a subtle and clever way" "he murdered him"

[RustBMBEarth]

1:21 Wales'd...I lol'd at that xD

[polomoon]

Wasn't returned until 1996, just a tad longer than expected

[akhashdhillon]

"Meaning everyone died for nothing" funny but true

[ramses]

So is ''to wales'' a verb now?

[bruceallen]

One important note that was missed is that Robert Bruce (King of Scots) only sided with Edward because of his father, Robert Bruce the competitor, but once he died Bruce broke his oath to England for Scottish independence. He for sure acted on his own political gain to be crowned King but also was very aware of the importance the war had on the Scottish realm. J.W.S Barrow's book on Robert The Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland provides a brilliant source on the Scottish side of the war for any interested in it!

[alexbenavidez]

It's interesting seeing the Isle of Man constantly flip flop between being under Scottish and English rule

I have family from there and only recently discovered how very unique and overshadowed their identity is as a territory

They're often forgotten about in a lot of these conflicts without much mention; would like to see videos specifically on the Isle of Man if you haven't already

[skykid]

I'm still waiting for that Lindybeige video in which he spends an hour explaining why Scottish Independence was a great and terrible evil that nearly destroyed humanity

[BenPernezny]

His majesty is napping...

ETA: Aww...blocky John Major is adorable...

[NathanLucas]

Finally, I was afraid you decided to stop and I've really been enjoying these

[neilmoulang]

Like how 'Alnwick' is pronounced 'annick, ' 'Berwick' is pronounced 'berrick'

[youtubeadministration]

5:41 I can't believe I saw this reference just now.