- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part 1 Scotland Under Threat
- One A Kingdom in Perplexity
- Two Bruce of Annandale
- Three Bruce <i>versus</i> Balliol
- Four A Lamb among Wolves
- Five Two Kinds of War
- Part II The Struggle to Survive
- Six Experiments in Guardianship
- Seven The King over the Water
- Eight Defeat
- Nine Revolution
- Ten A King in Search of his Throne
- Part III A Kingdom Reborn
- Eleven The Turn of the Tide
- Twelve Bannockburn
- Thirteen War and Peace
- Fourteen Good King Robert
- Fifteen In Search of Robert Bruce
- Appendix
- I. The Succession, 1290–2
- Table of Dates
- Index
The King over the Water
The King over the Water
- Chapter:
- (p.143) Seven The King over the Water
- Source:
- Robert Bruce
- Author(s):
G.W.S. Barrow
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
At the turn of 1299-1300 Robert Bruce may have tried to make a bid for pre-eminent leadership in Scotland; the possibility of the restoration of Balliol and hostility to the Comyns would have encouraged him to do this. If so, however, he was unsuccessful; instead, he changed sides and became a supporter of Edward I. This allowed him to marry Elizabeth de Burgh, daughter of the earl of Ulster, strengthening his contacts with Ireland. A major defeat for the French king by the Flemish at Courtrai in 1302 enabled Edward I to mount a full-scale invasion of Scotland 1303-4 and to capture Stirling Castle.
Keywords: Robert Bruce, John Balliol, Comyns, Edward I, Elizabeth de Burgh, Courtrai, Stirling Castle
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Maps
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- Part 1 Scotland Under Threat
- One A Kingdom in Perplexity
- Two Bruce of Annandale
- Three Bruce <i>versus</i> Balliol
- Four A Lamb among Wolves
- Five Two Kinds of War
- Part II The Struggle to Survive
- Six Experiments in Guardianship
- Seven The King over the Water
- Eight Defeat
- Nine Revolution
- Ten A King in Search of his Throne
- Part III A Kingdom Reborn
- Eleven The Turn of the Tide
- Twelve Bannockburn
- Thirteen War and Peace
- Fourteen Good King Robert
- Fifteen In Search of Robert Bruce
- Appendix
- I. The Succession, 1290–2
- Table of Dates
- Index
