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14 Cards in this Set
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Who was the last legitimate heir to the male line of Malcolm III and St Margaret?
Who was their Great Granddaughter? |
Alexander III (died in 1286)
Margaret of Norway |
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This English King was asked to intervene
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Edward I
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What showed that Scotland and England were allies?
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The Bruce family owned lands in both Scotland and England.
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What did Edward suggest?
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His son to marry Margaret when they came of age. Agreed to if Scots law was preserved.
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What happened to Queen Margaret as she crossed from Norway
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She died in infancy.
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Who were the two claimants to the throne?
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John Balliol and Robert Bruce
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What happened when Edward was asked to be adjudicator in 1291?
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He agreed on the condition that he be recognised as the superior to the KIng.
This was denied at first but accepted when Edward threatened force. |
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Who reigned from 1292-1296 as Edward's vassal?
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John Balliol
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What was significant about the MacDuff cause? Which regarded the Earldom of Fife. Macduff lost, so he appealed to the court of Edward I
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A fundamental threat to the survival of a separate legal system. Edward I gave the appeal.
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What happened when England invaded France and asked Scotland to send troops?
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Scotland declared themselves independent so Edward sent an army to Scotland and defeated the nobility at the battle of Dunbar.
John Balliol was imprisoned. |
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After the failure of William Wallace's rebellion, what happened?
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Scots nobility turned to lawyers such as Baldred Bisset.
Clergyman from Fife who lost his parsonage, then went on to fight for independence in Scottish Courts. |
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At this time the Pope had the sanction of excommunication available, so Bisset took his claim to the Papal Court. What was his argument?
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The Pope was in fact feudal superior of Scotland, not Edward I.
- In response, Edward asserted England had been claiming Scotland for years. |
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Edward claimed English Kings were descendants of Brutus, a Trojan warrior, as were the Scottish Kings, so therefore he had claim. How did Bisset retort?
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Bisset's argument was that the Scots were descended from Gathelos and Scota, Greek King and Queen.
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How did the Pope respond?
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The Pope initially found in favour of the Scots, however Edward I forced the Pope to change his mind.
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