Essay+2

Why did it take so long for the “Great Cause” to be settled in favour of John Balliol? G.W.S. Barrow, //Robert Bruce,// Chapter 3 A. Beam, //The Balliol Dynasty 1210 – 1364,// Chapter 3 (favourable of Balliol) M. Brown, //The Wars of Scotland 1214 – 1371,// Chapter 8 (this is your starting point) R. Nicholson, //Scotland// //in the Later Middle Ages//, Chapter 2 M. Powicke, //The Thirteenth Century 1216-1307, Oxford History of Englnd,// pp598-608 (English side of story) M. Prestich, //Edward I,// Chapter 14 (good discussion on Edward) 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 5 **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)
 * __Essay 2 Due date 01 /10/2010__**
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**The essay should follow the regulations and be around 1800 words long.**