The Declaration of Arbroath and Robert the Bruce

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	In 1320 Robert the Bruce had won the Wars of Independence. The English king ,Edward II , continued to make claims on the Scottish throne . His claims were supported by the Pope . Bruce refused to accept letters from the Pope asking him to come to Avignon because they were addressed to ' Our beloved son Robert who says he is king of Scotland ' On April 6 1320 Bruce's nobles gathered at Arbroath Abbey to sign a letter to the Pope declaring their support for their king. ' So long as one hundred of us remain alive,we will never in any degree be subject to the dominion of the English . Since not for glory , riches or honours do we fight , but for freedom alone , which no man loses but with his life . ' The Declaration of Arbroath is often called the most important document in the history of Scotland. It was an assertion of the rights of the ordinary man to freedom and a powerful statement of Scottish nationalism . In many ways the American Declaration of Independence is an echo of this statement , four centuries later .     Statue of Robert the Bruce, outside Stirling Castle This picture can be ordered online Eilean Donan Castle shopping mall
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