Essay+3

** “He was king but for a little while.” To what extent were his own subjects to blame for the short duration of the rule of King John? **
 * __ Essay 3 Due date 05 /11/2010 __**

**__ Recommended reading: __** G.W.S. Barrow, //Kingship and Unity, Scotland 1000 – 1306,// pp. 158 - 167 A. Beam, //The Balliol Dynasty 1210 – 1364,// Chapters 3, 4 and 5 M. Brown, //The Wars of Scotland 1214 – 1371,// Chapter 8 A. A. M. Duncan, //Scotland// //The Making of a Kingdom,// Chapter 22 F. Watson, //Under the Hammer, Edward I and Scotland 1286-1307,// Chapter 1 (also available as a photocopy) A. Young, //Robert the Bruce’s Rivals, The Comyns, 1212-1314,// Chapters 6 ** All of the above books can be found in the library ** For Primary source material use chapter 2 of the primary source handout document. You can reference this in your bibliography as; E. Charmichael, // Sources for the Study of the Scottish Wars of Independence 1249-1329, //Learning & Teaching Scotland, Dundee, (1998)