In the Name of Freedom: The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320-2020 -- Rhetoric and History: Scottish Historical Review: Volume 101, Issue 3Paperback, 31 December 2022

In the Name of Freedom: The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320-2020 -- Rhetoric and History: Scottish Historical Review: Volume 101, Issue 3
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Part of Series
Scottish Historical Review Monographs
Print Length
202 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Date Published
31 Dec 2022
ISBN-10
1399512617
ISBN-13
9781399512619

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In 1977 Grant Simpson published a seminal article in the Scottish Historical Review: which asked if 'anything conceivably new can be said about a document so well known in Scotland as the Declaration of Arbroath?' The contributors to this volume demonstrate that there can. The text of the Declaration, written in 1320, followed closely an Irish prototype and was structured in the fashion that was expected at the papal court, where the letter was sent. It drew heavily on political ideologies and legal concepts with which English and continental intellectuals were familiar. And it was brought to papal attention through diplomatic means and practices which were commonly understood across Europe. Although the Declaration disappeared from political discourse in the centuries which immediately followed its dispatch, its rediscovery from the later seventeenth century is traced in hitherto unprecedented depth. Its relevance was not just to Scotland. The question of whether it influenced the American Declaration of Independence has oft been mooted but is here closely investigated. Today the Declaration remains a controversial document, inspirational to many, misappropriated by others, and even feared by some.

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Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
31 December 2022
ISBN-10:
1399512617
ISBN-13:
9781399512619
Language:
English
Pages:
202
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press

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