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1970 The Declaration of Arbroath : Sir James Fergusson : Scottish History

1970 The Declaration of Arbroath : Sir James Fergusson : Scottish History

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The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320

By Sir James Fergusson 

Published by Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1970. 1st edition. Illustrated. Hardback 8vo book with a pictorial front cover. Printed endpapers and front board. Pocket at rear board holding a facsimile of the Declaration of Arbroath (see photos provided). pp vii, 54 pages in total, including 3 illustrated pages. 

The Declaration of Arbroath (Latin: Declaratio Arbroathis; Scots: Declaration o Aiberbrothock; Scottish Gaelic: Tiomnadh Bhruis) is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII. It constituted King Robert I's response to his excommunication for disobeying the pope's demand in 1317 for a truce in the First War of Scottish Independence. The letter asserted the antiquity of the independence of the Kingdom of Scotland, denouncing English attempts to subjugate it.

CONDITION
A very good copy. Front cover, spine and back are in very good condition with no major damages. Very good binding. All pages are clean and present throughout. Overall a very fine copy. 

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