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Assoc for Scottish Literature
Assoc for Scottish Literature
@scotlit@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

An alternative account of the Bruce–de Bohun duel appears in 1066 & ALL THAT, by WC Sellar & RJ Yeatman, as one of the various (all unfair) reasons for the English defeat

(Historical curiosity: WC Sellar, a Scot, was grandson of Patrick Sellar, the Duke of Sutherland’s factor during the Clearances)

#Scottish #literature #history #medieval #14thcentury #MiddleAges #Bannockburn #humour #humor

3. Foul Riding by Scottish Knights. This was typified even before the battle during an exhibition combat between the Bruce and the English Champion, Baron Henry le Bohunk, when Bruce, mounted on a Shetland pony, galloped underneath the Baron and, coming up unexpectedly on the blind side, struck him a foul blow behind and maced him up for life.
3. Foul Riding by Scottish Knights. This was typified even before the battle during an exhibition combat between the Bruce and the English Champion, Baron Henry le Bohunk, when Bruce, mounted on a Shetland pony, galloped underneath the Baron and, coming up unexpectedly on the blind side, struck him a foul blow behind and maced him up for life.
3. Foul Riding by Scottish Knights. This was typified even before the battle during an exhibition combat between the Bruce and the English Champion, Baron Henry le Bohunk, when Bruce, mounted on a Shetland pony, galloped underneath the Baron and, coming up unexpectedly on the blind side, struck him a foul blow behind and maced him up for life.
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