Declaration of Arbroath
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title:
Declaration of Arbroath
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The Declaration of Arbroath is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII. It constituted King Robert I's response to his excommunication for disobeying the pope's demand in 1317 for a truce in the First War of Scottish Independence. The letter asserted the antiquity of the independence of the Kingdom of Scotland, denouncing English attempts to subjugate it. Generally believed to have been written in Arbroath Abb
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1320 letter to Pope John XXII affirming Scottish independence from England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Arbroath
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2024-03-10T15:59:48Z
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