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The History of Scotland From Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrenction
The History of Scotland From Agricola's Invasion to the Extinction of the Last Jacobite Insurrenction Author:John Hill Burton General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1901 Original Publisher: W. Blackwood and sons Subjects: Scotland History / General History / Europe / General History / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. ... more » When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XIX. ADJUSTMENT OF THE SUCCESSION. THE ASSEMBLAGE RESUMED -- A NEW CLAIMANT: ERIC OF NORWAT -- THE QUESTION LYING BETWEEN BALIOL AND BRUCE. AND BETWEEN THE DISTANT DESCENDANT OF THE ELDER AND THE IMMEDIATE DESCENDANT OF THE YOUNGER DAUGHTER -- INDICATION OP A LEANING TO THE FORMER VIEW -- CONTINUED PLEADINGS -- RESOLUTION OF THE QUESTION INTO THE SHAPE OF LITIGATION FOK AN ESTATE -- THIS ENCOURAGED BY EDWARD AS LORD SUPERIOR- TUB COMPETITORS ADMIT ALL HIS CLAIMS, AND ARE READY TO DO HOMAGE -- QUESTIONS OF PARTITION AND COMPROMISE OPENED AND PLEADED -- PECULIAR CASE PUT IN FOR THE COUNT OF HOLLAND -- THE JUDGMENT IN FAVOUR OF BALIOL -- CEREMONIES OF HOMAGE -- CEREMONIES OF INVESTITURE IN SCOTLAND -- THE NEW KING'S UNPOPULARITY AND DANGER -- QUESTION HOW FAR PUT UNDER RESTRAINT -- LITIGATIONS APPEALED FROM HIM TO THE ENGLISH COURT -- HIS HUMILIATION -- A CRISIS. Adjourned as we have seen from August 191, the great business of the adjustment of the succession was resumed in the beginning of June isg2.'i A new claim was then given in, which surely must have disturbed the gravity even of the decorous court of the Lord Superior. It was rendered by Eric, King of Norway, the son-in-law of Alexander III., and the father of the young queen who had died on her way home. He offers no explanation of any special Norse or other custom of descent on which hefounds, but simply asks the Lord Superior to award to him his daughter's kingdom, devolving on him by hereditary...« less