Qualla: Battle of Bannockburn https://qualla.com/battle-of-bannockburn en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:23 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/p/battle-of-bannockburn-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Bannockburn https://qualla.com/battle-of-bannockburn Battle of Bannockburn: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-bannockburn/ Photo credit James William Edmund Doyle / Edmund Evans, Public domain. He rode a small grey palfrey, not a warhorse. When Sir Henry de Bohun spotted Robert the Bruce at the head of the Scottish line on the morning of 23 June 1314, the English knight saw opportunity: a king lightly armed, mounted on an inferior horse, separated from his bodyguard. De Bohun couched his lance and charged. Bruce waited, then swerved at the last instant and brought his battleaxe down on the knight's helmet with such force that it split both helm and skull and shattered the axe handle. The encounter set the tone for two days of fighting near Stirling in which 6,000 Scots would rout an English army of 25,000, delivering Scotland's most famous military victory and one of the defining moments of British medieval history.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/p/battle-of-bannockburn-wp/gcvp-battle-of-bannockburn-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Bannockburn: A King With Everything to Prove https://qualla.com/battle-of-bannockburn/ Photo credit James Grant (book author), Public domain. Robert the Bruce had been King of Scots since 1306, but his grip on the throne was far from secure. He had murdered his rival John Comyn in a church, been excommunicated by the Pope, and watched his wife, sisters, and daughter imprisoned in England for eight years. His legitimacy...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/p/battle-of-bannockburn-wp/gcvp-battle-of-bannockburn-a-king-with-everything-to-prove.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Bannockburn: The Ground Chose Sides https://qualla.com/battle-of-bannockburn/ Photo credit Massam, Public domain. Bruce selected his ground with care. He positioned his army in the New Park, a royal hunting forest south of Stirling, where the trees and marshy ground along the Bannock Burn would neutralise England's overwhelming advantage in heavy cavalry. The terrain funnelled Edward's army ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/p/battle-of-bannockburn-wp/gcvp-battle-of-bannockburn-the-ground-chose-sides.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Bannockburn: The Rout https://qualla.com/battle-of-bannockburn/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. On the morning of 24 June, the Scottish schiltrons advanced in echelon across the carse. The English, hemmed between the Bannock Burn and the River Forth, had no room to deploy their cavalry or bring their archers to bear. The Earl of Gloucester charged the Scottish line and was ...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/v/p/battle-of-bannockburn-wp/gcvp-battle-of-bannockburn-the-rout.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Bannockburn: What Victory Made Possible https://qualla.com/battle-of-bannockburn/ Photo credit Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0. Bannockburn did not end the Wars of Scottish Independence, which continued for another fourteen years. But it transformed the conflict. The immediate aftermath was the surrender of Stirling Castle, which Bruce promptly razed to prevent its recapture, and the fall of every remaini...

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