It was written at Arbroath Abbey in 1320, in the midst of the Scottish Wars of Independence, and was sent to the Pope. In beautiful, passionate prose laced with potent political philosophy ...

On the 6th April 1320, a document was drafted in Arbroath Abbey which set out Scotland's right to be an independent, sovereign state. Known as the Declaration of Arbroath, it was signed by a group ...

It was most likely drafted in the scriptorium of Arbroath Abbey by Abbot Bernard on behalf of the nobles and barons of Scotland. It was one of three letters sent to the Pope in Avignon ...

The stone was recovered in March 1951, shortly after it was repaired, when it was left at Arbroath Abbey. The students who took it were never prosecuted - they maintained it was not a theft as ...