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IN this series on great Lowland clans, we have reached the mighty Clan Fraser. What’s this, I hear you say; aren’t the Frasers a Highland clan?

IN the penultimate part of this short series about the mighty Clan Douglas, greatest of all the purely lowland clans, I will explain how the…

LAST year when I finished my series on the Highland clans, I promised I would return to the subject of clans by looking at the great lowland clans…

IN 1314, Robert the Bruce won Scotland her independence and so is a great source of shame to many Scots today. Those of a certain age recall that…

THIS summer I spent several weeks getting to grips with a question that was begging to be answered: Why do the Brits win every war?I’ll admit straig

How could a younger son of Edward III make his mark? An international conquest promised to do the trick – if he could pull it off. Helen Carr follows John of Gaunt’s extraordinary mission to capture the throne of Castile in the 1380s

James II of Scotland Send to Google Classroom: James II of Scotland ruled as king from 1437 to 1460 CE. Succeeding his murdered father James I of Scotland (r. 1406-1437 CE), James inherited the throne as a child. The first part of his reign witnessed intense rivalries between rival barons, which sent Scotland into a civil war. The young king was nicknamed fiery face because of a prominent birthmark on his face. From 1449 CE, James reached maturity and began to take control of his kingdom, and ...