Comments on: June 2013 – A new letter of Robert I to Edward II

By: Andy Steel

Andy Steel — Sun, 23 Jun 2013 20:42:15 +0000

As an aside, in Marlowe’s ‘Edward II’ (1590ish), Gaveston’s Scottish campaigns are completely ignored. But Edward does mention at one point that ‘we hear Lord Bruce doth sell his land’ (Act 3 Sc.1, l.54); it is frivolous but tempting to speculate that, the diminution of King Robert to a mere Lord notwithstanding, the relationship between the two extended to convenient land sales. At any rate, Marlowe certainly didn’t consider them close enough to warrant more than a passing mention of the Scots campaigns in his works; if Robert wanted parity, literary history, at least, has let him down.

By: Letter of Robert the Bruce - Medieval Histories

Letter of Robert the Bruce - Medieval Histories — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:19:59 +0000

[…] Describing the letter Dauvit Broun reports that “Bruce’s tone is extremely conciliatory; he seems to be offering to do anything possible to establish peace. However, he is nonetheless plainly addressing Edward as one king to another. There is no doubt that the bottom line here is that Edward should recognise Robert as king of the Scots.” […]

By: David Brown

David Brown — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:30:46 +0000

Fascinating ….. Thank you so much Dauvit. I look forward to the features. I wonder if Alex Salmond writes with such considered diplomacy to David Cameron. Robert was a sophisticated tactician. I wonder the effect of such double-edged passive-aggressive prose on Edward. It is almost as if Robert is making a point of drawing attention to Edward’s violence within a syrupy tone of a sycophant. A one-finger salut in a velvet glove. Did he intend it as a legal evidence to show some court how reasonable he is and how aggressive Edward?Mounting a dosier of Evidence for the Pope to read perhaps?