IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 1541: England and Scotland at Peace and War, I

Organiser:	Andy King, Department of History, University of Southampton
Moderator/Chair:	David Green, Centre for British Studies, Harlaxton College, University of Evansville
Paper 1541-a	'A pair of whalebone gauntlets': Armour during the Wars of Scottish Independence (Language: English) Keith Dowen, Wallace Collection, London Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archives and Sources, Military History
Paper 1541-b	The Commoner at War in Later Medieval Scotland (Language: English) Alastair MacDonald, School of Divinity, History & Philosophy, University of Aberdeen Index terms: Mentalities, Military History, Social History
Abstract	The first of two sessions, examining various aspects of Anglo-Scottish relations from the fourteenth to the sixteenth centuries. For the first session, the papers will examine, respectively: the relations and hostilities of England and Scotland within the late medieval earldom of Ulster; the archival, artistic and archaeological sources for the types of armour worn by Scottish and English soldiers during the Wars of Independence, during a fascinating period in the development of battlefield armour; and the oft-repeated suggestion that commoners were especially prominent in war in later medieval Scotland, with a discussion of the involvement of the Scottish lower orders in war, and their importance in military outcomes.