I don’t think it went away after the late medieval period. During the war of 3 kingdoms many protestant Scots believed that they could impose the true Scottish protestantism on the papish Anglican English, the North Britons of the Victorian era considered Scotland the centre of unionism, and even Better together called for Scotland to lead the UK, not leave the UK.
Gordon Brown still thinks that somehow Scotland has the right to chop England up into Scotland sized chunks (against England’s wishes) to make a federal Britain. And there are no end of Scottish unionists who can somehow rationalise this into being something other than the highest of delusions.
England exists. It’s made up of real, wilful human beings. It’s bigger than Scotland, big enough to determine whatever Britain will be without heed of Scotland. And it regularly does.
The only people this would come as a shock to are the nationalists who for some reason think
the medival Scots were the only peoples in Europe who did not have any ambition or warlike tendencies to grow their power and lineages.
I think we’ve all known his since… the turn of the first millennium.
Ok that’s two once in a millennium referendums…..
Never played Crusader Kings or Europa Universalis as Scotland?
With a more successful Bruce campaign in Ireland and a united Gaelic alliance, along with a friendly France, who knows? England lucked out while juggling multiple fronts.
6 comments
Interesting article. Thanks for posting
I don’t think it went away after the late medieval period. During the war of 3 kingdoms many protestant Scots believed that they could impose the true Scottish protestantism on the papish Anglican English, the North Britons of the Victorian era considered Scotland the centre of unionism, and even Better together called for Scotland to lead the UK, not leave the UK.
Gordon Brown still thinks that somehow Scotland has the right to chop England up into Scotland sized chunks (against England’s wishes) to make a federal Britain. And there are no end of Scottish unionists who can somehow rationalise this into being something other than the highest of delusions.
England exists. It’s made up of real, wilful human beings. It’s bigger than Scotland, big enough to determine whatever Britain will be without heed of Scotland. And it regularly does.
The only people this would come as a shock to are the nationalists who for some reason think
the medival Scots were the only peoples in Europe who did not have any ambition or warlike tendencies to grow their power and lineages.
I think we’ve all known his since… the turn of the first millennium.
Ok that’s two once in a millennium referendums…..
Never played Crusader Kings or Europa Universalis as Scotland?
With a more successful Bruce campaign in Ireland and a united Gaelic alliance, along with a friendly France, who knows? England lucked out while juggling multiple fronts.
Comments are closed.