Excerpt from Bannockburn In writing a centenary monograph on Bannockburn the author has had in view both the need to study an important war in the light of constitutional history, (for too often military and constitutional matters are put into different chapters and the connection between the two is lost) and the need to study war as illustrating national character. An attempt is made to trace the influence of the struggle for the Confirmation of the Charters and the Ordinances on the War of Scottish Independence, from which are seen the aims of the Anglo-Norman baronage. The study of the size and capacity of a typical Edwardian army brings out the character of the medieval English as a fighting race, and the crushing defeat makes one think of the altered conditions under which the same English were victorious in the Hundred Years. The author feels that the battle can best be understood on the spot. One enters into the spirit of old days by tramping over the ground where a great event took place, and the importance of Stirling in Scottish history can only be appreciated at Stirling. Therefore he has tried to provide the right pictures to help his readers to realise the surroundings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.

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