Robert Bruce

Question 1

Geoffrey Barrow

• B W B H R T ‘N C’
• T B M D H O

Answer 1

• Bruce won because he represented the ‘national cause’
• The Bruce myth demoralised his opponents

Question 2

Ranald Nicholson

• P B M A
• A T B C W B

Answer 2

• Praises Bruce’s military acumen
• Argues that Bruce’s cause was Bruce

Question 3

Alan Young

• B S O T ‘N C’ W O W I S H O I
• T W T B T T T L H I A W P T H I

Answer 3

• Bruce’s support of the ‘national cause’ was only when it suited his own interests
• The way that Bruce took the throne left him in a weaker position than he intended

Question 4

Michael Penman

• B W L T N R O F T E D T C W

Answer 4

• Bruce was lucky to not receive opposition from the English during the Civil War

Question 5

Colm McNamee

• T M O J C W N P B T B F T T W

Answer 5

• The murder of John Comyn was not premeditated but the bid for the throne was