Authors

John Barbour

in The Copy Book

There are two posts in The Copy Book credited to John Barbour. (In the case of some authors, the list may include translations and paraphrases.)

1

‘Ah! Freedom is a Noble Thing’

John Balliol had to decide whether his first loyalty was to the throne of Scotland or to the man who put him there.

2

A Simple Folk Without Guile

What were the Scots thinking back in 1290, when they asked King Edward I of England, of all people, to choose them a king?