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	<description>Discover the world of medieval Scotland</description>
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		<title>A Kingdom Without Castles</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/08/a-kingdom-without-castles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a hot and muggy July in 1314 at Stirling Castle on the eastern coast of Scotland. Good King Robert, the Bruce, had just won a great victory at Blàr Allt a&#8217; Bhonnaich  or the Battle of Bannockburn, sending England&#8217;s Edward II, his pride and his army crushed, home to think again. But at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Not Quite Battle of Irvine</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/07/the-not-quite-battle-of-irvine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bishop Wishart]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=884</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Throughout history, the story of the American colonists&#8217; fight for freedom has been repeated: small and weak countries fighting against those bigger and larger.  The Scottish Wars of Independence are one such example. Since 1286, Edward I, king of England, had involved himself in Scotland&#8217;s affairs, claiming to be overland of the country.  With the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day, Sir James!</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/02/happy-valentines-day-sir-james/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 04:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bannockburn]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first Valentine&#8217;s Day thoughts, as we know them weren&#8217;t sent until hundreds of years after the death of the Good Sir James.  Nonetheless, it seemed a good title for a piece on how James spent February 14, 1316. He spent it fighting what he later called the hardest fight of his life, the battle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Scottish Welsh Connection by Sarah Woodbury</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/02/the-scottish-welsh-connection-by-sarah-woodbury/</link>
		<comments>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2011/02/the-scottish-welsh-connection-by-sarah-woodbury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alexander III]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Time Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[History has always fascinated me, but some eras could have ended better. The thirteenth century is full of these unfortunate events. It ended badly for Scotland, but even worse for Wales, which lost its prince and its independence to King Edward I of England. Edward had his eyes on Wales for thirty years, ever since [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Blogs and Medieval Berwick</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/10/guest-blogs-and-medieval-berwick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The past days have continued to be busy on the blog tour. Blog O&#8217; the Irish  posted my guest blog on the shared culture of Scotland and Ireland, including Edward Bruce&#8217;s brief stint as the last (Scottish) High King of Ireland, and posted a review, saying, in part: &#8220;I love a good time travel story [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jeri Westerson on Medieval Weapons</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/09/jeri-westerson-on-medieval-weapons/</link>
		<comments>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/09/jeri-westerson-on-medieval-weapons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am excited today to have Jeri Westerson, another medieval novelist, and author of the Crispin Guest series, here today to talk about medieval weapons.  Funny, how I can&#8217;t seem to engage many people in a good discussion about caltrops these days, but Jeri is a woman after my own heart! Welcome, Jeri! Jeri Westerson [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of Methven</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/08/battle-of-methven/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A battle which begins with the Oath of the Swans and ends with a full commitment to guerrilla tactics: this is the Battle of Methven, a disaster in the short run for Robert the Bruce, but perhaps a learning experience for him that eventually led to much greater disaster for England.  On February 10, 1306, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bruce Brothers</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/04/the-bruce-brothers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[castles]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While sources disagree on the numbers and names of Bruce&#8217;s younger sisters, there is widespread agreement on his brothers.  Only one leaves out Alexander, the youngest.  Nobody could argue that Bruce&#8217;s sisters had easy lives.  Much less so he and his brothers.  Of the five, Bruce, Neil, Edward, Thomas, and Alexander, only Bruce died peacefully, though [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strategy at Bannockburn</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/03/strategy-at-bannockburn/</link>
		<comments>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/03/strategy-at-bannockburn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do the Davids of history fight the ever-present Goliaths?  Sometimes, a well-aimed stone and a bit of luck (or God&#8217;s help) does the job.  In the case of Robert the Bruce and the small country of Scotland, standing up to the might of England, with a much larger population, bigger horses, better-equipped knights, stones might not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Hobby Horse and the Black Douglas</title>
		<link>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/02/the-hobby-horse-and-the-black-douglas/</link>
		<comments>http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/2010/02/the-hobby-horse-and-the-black-douglas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bluebellstrilogy.com/blog/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Black Douglas.  The very name evokes images of dread.  He is said to have had thick black hair and a thick, black beard, but to the English, the name referred strictly to his deeds.  Starting immediately after Bannockburn, when Edward II refused to grant recognition to the Scots as an independent nation, James Douglas embarked on a [...]]]></description>
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