“It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours, that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself”

The Declaration of Arbroath – a letter from the Community of the Realm of Scotland to Pope John XXII, asserting Scotland’s independence & supporting Robert I as the rightful king – was signed #OTD, 6 April, 1320

https://unesco.org.uk/our-sites/memory-of-the-world/the-declaration-of-arbroath

#Scottish #literature #history #medievalhistory #14thcentury