Steve Boardman takes us through Barbour's Bruce, the epic poem written generations after Bruce's death, and starting point for all later discussion of who Bruce and why he did what he did.
The image is from a 14th-century MS from a treatise of the Seven Vices from Genoa, now British Library, <a href='https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8333&CollID=27&NStart=28841'>Additional MS 28841</a>, f. 6r. Because of the spider!

Steve Boardman takes us through Barbour's Bruce, the epic poem written generations after Bruce's death, and starting point for all later discussion of who Bruce and why he did what he did. The image is from a 14th-century MS from a treatise of the Seven Vices from Genoa, now British Library, Additional MS 28841, f. 6r. Because of the spider!

Steve Boardman takes us through Barbour's Bruce, the epic poem written generations after Bruce's death, and starting point for all later discussion of who Bruce and why he did what he did.
The image is from a 14th-century MS from a treatise of the Seven Vices from Genoa, now British Library,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8333&amp;CollID=27&amp;NStart=28841" rel="noopener noreferrer">Additional MS 28841</a>, f. 6r.&nbsp;Because of the spider!

E2: Barbour's Bruce

Fortnightly series with leading historians discussing the sources for the reign of Robert Bruce, king of Scots (1306-29). From the Declaration of Arbroath to letters absolving the king of murder, this podcast explains why Robert has the reputation he does, and why it matters. Image (c) The National Museum of Scotland, of Bute Mazer, on loan from the Bute Collection at Mount Stuart. Follow us on twitter @cotr2020

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