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The Declaration of Arbroath: Scotland's Letter of Liberty
In 1320, a group of Scottish magnates gathered at Arbroath Abbey to draft a letter to Pope John XXII. The result was the Declaration of Arbroath — a masterpiece of medieval propaganda that asserted Scotland's ancient independence and warned that if King Robert the Bruce abandoned the cause, they would cast him out and choose another. This episode explores the political crisis that prompted the declaration — including Robert the Bruce's excommunication and the papal interdict on Scotland — and the document's surprising afterlife, from 18th-century Scottish Enlightenment…
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