Dumfriesshire - A Frontier Region McCulloch Andrew J.Pevná vazba
Dumfriesshire - A Frontier Region McCulloch Andrew J.Pevná vazba Straddling the main western route into Scotland, Dumfriesshire was the focus of successive waves of immigrants from the Stone Age…
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Dumfriesshire - A Frontier Region McCulloch Andrew J.Pevná vazba
Straddling the main western route into Scotland, Dumfriesshire was the focus of successive waves of immigrants from the Stone Age people onwards. After a brief spell of Roman rule, Dumfriesshire became part of the Cumbrian kingdom of Rheged. They were followed by the Beaker people of the Bronze Age, and later the Celts, renowned for their iron-working skills, their horsemanship and their militancy.
Chief among them was Robert de Brus, who was granted the lordship of Annandale, and in 1306 his descendant King Robert Bruce usurped the throne. Then came the Northumbrian conquerors, Viking invaders and finally Anglo-Norman settlers. In an age of turbulence, Dumfriesshire was the main battleground of the Wars of Independence, a target of repeated English invasions, a prey to reiving, and victim of the sixteenthcentury religious wars.
With the restoration of peace following the Union of 1707