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Today marks the 700-year anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/scottish-history-and-archaeology/the-declaration-of-arbroath/
Dated 6 April 1320, the Declaration is an appeal sent to Pope John XXII in Avignon. It sought to assert Scotland’s long history as an independent kingdom and to persuade the Pope to accept Robert Bruce as its legitimate king – Robert I.
Replies from the Pope reveal that the letter was one of three sent from Scotland at this time – one from the King, one from the bishop of St Andrews, and one from the barons of Scotland.
None of the copies sent to the Pope have survived. The Declaration cared for by National Records of Scotland is a duplicate of the barons’ letter that was kept in Scotland.
Find out more about this remarkable document in our special podcast with Dr Alice Blackwell of National Museums Scotland and Professor Dauvit Broun, University of Glasgow. https://anchor.fm/national-museums-scotland/episodes/The-Declaration-of-Arbroath-eccpab/a-a1rqii9
Dr Alice Blackwell ( @earlymedieval) describes the language and messaging used in the Declaration...
Find out more about the Declaration of Arbroath with @natrecordsscot https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/Declaration
