Download or read book The Battle of Pinkie 1547 written by David Caldwell and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2023-07-27 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Pinkie, fought between the English and the Scots in 1547, was the last great clash between the two as independent nations. It is a well-documented battle with several eyewitness accounts and contemporary illustrations. There is also archaeological evidence of military activities. The maneuvers of the two armies can be placed in the landscape near Edinburgh, despite considerable developments since the sixteenth century. Nevertheless, the battle and its significance has not been well understood. From a military point of view there is much of interest. The commanders were experienced and had already had battlefield successes. There was an awareness on both sides of contemporary best practice and use of up-to-date weapons and equipment. The Scots and the English armies, however, were markedly different in their composition and in the strategy and tactics they employed. There is the added ingredient that the fire from English ships, positioned just off the coast, helped decide the course of events. Using contemporary records and archaeological evidence, David Caldwell, Victoria Oleksy, and Bess Rhodes reconsider the events of September 1547. They explore the location of the fighting, the varied forces involved, the aims of the commanders, and the close-run nature of the battle. Pinkie resulted in a resounding victory for the English, but that was by no means an inevitable outcome. After Pinkie it briefly seemed as if the future of Britain had been redefined. The reality proved rather different, and the battle has largely slipped from popular consciousness. This book provides a reminder of the uncertainty and high stakes both Scots and English faced in the autumn of 1547.
Download or read book Battle of Pinkie Cleugh written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowles History Group, Inc. presents the full text of the article entitled "The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh," written by Gervase Philips. The article was published in the February 2001, volume 17, number 6 issue of "Military History." The paper discusses the Battle of Pinkie, fought on September 10, 1547 between the Scottish and English, which was fought to the east of Edinburgh. The battle was over the attempt to engineer a marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) and Edward VI of England (1537-1553).
Download or read book Battle of Pinkie Cleuch written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Stuarts, a performer's guild in California, offers the text entitled "Battle of Pinkie Cleuch," from the book "History of Scotland," written by John Hill Burton. The Battle of Pinkie Cleuch, also referred to as the Battle of Pinkie, occurred on September 10, 1547. The battle between the Scots and the English was supposed to help engineer a marriage between Queen of Scotland Mary Stuart (1542-1587)and King Edward VI of England (1537-1553).
Download or read book British Battles on Land and Sea written by James Grant and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Map to illustrate the battles of Pinkie 1547 and Prestonpans 1745 written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emblems in Scotland written by Michael Bath and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emblems in the visual arts use motifs which have meanings, and in this ground-breaking, richly illustrated book Michael Bath, leading authority on Renaissance emblem books, shows how such symbolic motifs in Scotland address major historical issues of Anglo-Scottish relations.
Download or read book The Rough Wooings written by Marcus Merriman and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2000-12-27 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'Rough Wooings', fought by major figures of sixteenth-century Europe for the hand of the young Mary Queen of Scots, were wars as intense, wide-ranging and devastating as the wars of the three Edwards which ravaged fourteenth-century Scotland. But the Wooings were wars of independence as well. As the kings of England and France vied to control the bestowing of Mary's hand in marriage, so Scotland itself strove to remain free of them. And Scotland won, although it was a close-run thing. The politics and international diplomacy involved were as sophisticated and complex as the century provides; the warfare and political literature as revolutionary and modern as for any part of Europe. Protestant zealots were forged on its anvil; massive navies ranged the North Sea; Italian military technology was brought to bear. All for one of the most fascinating queens in history. This is the story of her beginning, a rich and vibrant epic involving many of the major figures of early modern history: Henry VIII of England, François I and Henri II of France bestride the canvas, but even they cannot obscure the beguiling figure of the young Mary Queen of Scots.
Download or read book The Game of Kings written by Dorothy Dunnett and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining all the political intrigue of Game of Thrones with the sweeping romanticism of Outlander, Dorothy Dunnett’s legendary Lymond Chronicles have enthralled readers for decades and amassed legions of devoted fans. The first book in the series introduces Dunnett’s unforgettable antihero as he returns to Scotland with a wild plan to redeem his reputation and save his home. The year is 1547. Scotland is clinging to independence after a humiliating English invasion. Paradoxically, the country’s freedom may depend on a man who stands accused of treason. He is Francis Crawford of Lymond, a scapegrace nobleman of crooked felicities and murderous talents, with a scholar’s erudition and a wicked tongue. Clawing his way back into a country that has outlawed him, and to a family that has turned its back on him, Lymond will prove that he has both the will and the cunning to clear his name and defend his people—no matter the cost.
Download or read book The popular rhymes of Scotland with illustr collected by R Chambers written by Robert Chambers and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Elphinstone Family Book of the Lords Elphinstone Balmerino and Coupar written by Sir William Fraser and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ane Compendious and Breue Tractate Concerning Ye Office and Dewtie of Kyngis Spirituall Pastoris and Temporall Iugis written by William Lauder and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Civil Service History of England Being a Fact Book of English History Revised Throughout and Enlarged by H A Dobson With Maps and a General Index written by Frederick Averne WHITE and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The civil service history of England revised and enlarged by H A Dobson written by Frederick Avarne White and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tables of European History Literature Science and Art from A D 200 to 1888 written by John Nichol and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
