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September 9th 1513 was a sad day for us Scots, we lost our King and thousands more fellow countryman at The Battle of Flodden.
The Battle of Flodden Field was undoubtedly the most famous confrontation between the English and Scots ever fought on English soil. It took place eight miles to the north west of Wooler near the village of Branxton, Northumberland.
The year before sought to renew the ‘auld alliance’ and assist the French by invading northern England, should England wage war on France, which they duly did.
Money and arms were sent to Scotland from France in the following months enabling King James to build up an army for a large scale invasion of England. On the 22nd of August a great Scottish army under King James IV crossed the border.
For the moment the earl of Surrey (who in King Henry ViII.’s absence was charged with the defence of the realm) had no organized force in the north of England, but James wasted much precious time among the border castles, and when Surrey appeared at Wooler, with an army equal in strength to his own.
Now I don't know how accurate this description is so don't shoot me, but it does have a feel of authenticity, it is from Robert White who describes the Scots army, in the Cambridge History of the Renaissance: “The principal leaders and men at arms were mounted on able horses; the Border prickers rode those of less size, but remarkably active. Those wore mail, chiefly of plate, from head to heel; that of the higher ranks being wrought and polished with great elegance, while the Borderers had armour of a very light description. All the others were on foot, and the burgesses of the towns wore what was called white armour, consisting of steel cap, gorget and mail brightly burnished, fitting gracefully to the body, and covering limbs and hands. The yeomen or peasantry had the sallat or iron cap, the hauberk or place jack, formed of thin flat pieces of iron quilted below leather or linen, which covered the legs and arms, and they had gloves likewise. The Highlanders were not so well defended by armour, though the chiefs were partly armed like their southern brethren, retaining, however, the eagle’s feather in the bonnet, and wearing, like their followers, the tartan and the belted plaid. Almost every soldier had a large shield or target for defence, and wore the white cross of Saint Andrew, either on his breast or some other prominent place. The offensive arms were the spear five yards in length, the long pike, the mace or mallet, two-handed and other swords, the dagger, the knife, the bow and sheaf of arrows; while the Danish axe, with a broad flat spike on the opposite side to the edge, was peculiar to the Islemen, and the studded targe to the Highlanders.”
The English commander promptly sent in a challenge to a pitched battle, at Millfield, an area of flat ground three miles north of Wooller, which the king, in spite of the advice of his most trusted counsellors, accepted.
On the 6th of September, however, he instead took up a strong position facing south, on Flodden Edge. Surrey was unhappy for the alleged breach of chivalry. This was at the end of the medieval period, I have pointed out before, battles, in the main, were fought to a code, breaches of which were rare,and so it was a second challenge to fight on Millfield Plain was sent. When Surrey’s herald arrived at the Scottish camp, James refused to meet him and instead sent word that he would not be dictated to by a ‘mere Earl’.
The English commander, at 70 years old was a veteran of many campaigns, then executed a daring and skilful march round the enemy’s flank, and on the 9th drew up for battle in rear of the hostile army.
It is evident that Surrey was confident of victory, for he placed his own army, not less than the enemy, in a position where defeat would involve utter ruin. On his appearance the Scots hastily changed front and took post on Branxton Hill’, facing north. The battle began around 4pm and Surrey’s archers and cannon soon gained the upper hand, the Scots, unable quietly to endure their losses, rushed to close quarters. Their left wing drove the English back, but their reserve corps restored the fight on the auld enemies side.
In all other parts of the field, save where James and Surrey were personally opposed, the English , gradually gained ground. The king’s corps was then attacked by Surrey in front, and by Sir Edward Stanley in flank. As the Scots were forced back, a part of the English reserve force closed upon the other flank, and finally charging in upon the rear of King James’s corps. Surrounded and attacked on all sides, this, the remnant of the invading army, was doomed. The circle of spearmen around the king grew less and less, and in the end James and a few of his nobles were alone left standing. Soon they too died, fighting to the last man.
Among the ten thousand Scottish dead were all the leading men in the kingdom of Scotland, and there was no family of importance that had not lost a member in this great disaster. The “King’s Stone,” said to mark the spot where James was killed, is at some distance from the actual battlefield.
Scottish dead included twelve earls, fifteen lords, many clan chiefs an archbishop and above all King James himself. It is said that every great family in Scotland mourned the loss of someone at the Battle Of Flodden. The dead were remembered in the famous Scottish pipe tune The Flooers o the Forest.
Here is a partial list of those that died, those that know even just a wee bit of our history, through my posts, will recognise the names, if not of the actual knights themselves, but the families that have played such a part in our history.
Sir George Seton, 3rd Lord Seton Sir John Hay, 2nd Lord Hay of Yester George Douglas, Master of Angus Sir David Kennedy, Lord Kennedy and 1st Earl of Cassilis Sir William Graham, 1st Earl of Montrose Sir John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Atholl Sir William Leslie, 3rd Earl of Rothes Sir Archibald Campbell, 2d Earl of Argyll Patrick Buchanan, 16th Chief of Clan Buchanan Sir Robert Erskine, 4th Lord Erskine Sir John Somerville of Cambusnethan John Murray, Laird of Blackbarony Robert Colville, Laird of Hiltoun Sir Matthew Stewart, 2nd Earl of Lennox.
Add to theT, most of their Eelder sons were slain, what is extraordinary though, that of this wee snapshot, none of the lines ended, so there must have been plenty more offspring in Scotland! Let's not forget the thousands of ordinary Scottish soldiers that died on the battlefield that day.
You can read a more detailed account here https://www.britishbattles.com/anglo.../battle-of-flodden/
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All that remains of the bloodiest battle on British soil is a simple cross
#Battle of Flodden#Flodden Field#Branxton#Northumberland#King James IV#King Henry VIII#Tudor era#Scottish invasion#Brainston Moor#British history#bloodiest battle#UK#1513
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Bracket 3, Round 1
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Barry Trivers and Gerd Oswald dropping “The Conscience of the King” on December 8th of 1966, only to never elaborate on Tarsus IV and Kirk’s past there
#I can’t believe they never elaborated or mentioned that ever again#common it’s a film ready to be made#the POSSIBILITIES#also hats off to all the ff writers who took it was their job to elaborate on that#I love you all#tarsus iv#star trek#james t kirk#star trek tos#tos spock#tos spirk#tos#spock#star trek the original series#the original series#Kirk#the conscience of the king#kevin riley
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i have not stopped thinking about tarsus iv ever
#just. the way lenore constantly dehumanises jim the entire time#comparing him to the ship & to caesar & literally asking if he is human#and saying that jim isn’t innocent and deserves to die bc he’s one of the tarsus nine……..#and jim struggling with vengeance. they may rest easier……#but if jim kills kodos will HE rest easier? will he be haunted by his moment of blind innate hatred#or would it finally put his own ghosts to rest?#normal i’m so normal about this episode#star trek#star trek tos#james kirk#the conscience of the king#tarsus iv
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James Lance on the relationship between Trent Crimm and Ted Lasso Source: From this lovely interview by Lauren Coates - Article & Video
#ted lasso#trent crimm#james lance#ted x trent#tedependent#tedtrent#ted lasso gif#trent x ted#tedlassoedit#tedlassogif#tedlassosource#tred#ted/trent#thank you lauren wherever you are!!!!#ALSO JAMES LANCE GO OFF KING!!!!!!!!!!!!#welp I am late but here I am#GOD I ENJOYED MAKING THIS AND COLOURING THISS SO MUCHHH😭😭😭✨️✨️✨️✨️#I think this is the first proper gifset ive made after a YEAR...fuck!#rftledits#tleditsrf
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Star Trek after dropping the most important part of Kirk’s backstory in one episode and never bringing it up again 😹
#rewatching this is way sadder after reading his autobiography#the conscience of the king#tarsus iv#james t kirk#st tos#star trek tos#star trek#kirk#jim kirk#james kirk#captain kirk
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"So signed Kodos, Governer of Tarsus iv."
Episode: The Conscience of the King Song: August Underground by Ethel Cain
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People make fun of snw for having tarsus iv survivor on Jim’s Starfleet bio but honestly all of this was public information in conscience of the king. There are two scenes dedicated to Jim and Spock separately finding out Kevin Riley was one of the other survivors. It’s public information but the public doesn’t care.
Yes it’s fun for fanfiction to have the tarsus 9’s names redacted from the survivors lists and to have Jim go out of his way to keep that shit private but the reality is that the massacre is regarded by the galaxy at large as a horrible thing that happened, but that it was one of many horrible things and the case is closed.
Bones trying to brush Spock off when Spock is explaining everything he’s learned, and Bones’ response to Spock bringing up Kodos had his own theories of eugenics, are the most telling here.
“Unfortunately he wasn’t the first.”
The general public know the basic details of what happened, and the person who orchestrated the crimes seemingly died. And despite no positive ID on the body, Starfleet stopped looking into it. Everyone wanted it to go away. They choose not to bring it up. I’d argue that’s part of the point. All of this is public data but almost everyone involved wanted it to die. Even some of the victims. (Jim). But the thing about an untreated wound is that it can fester, and get worse until it’s impossible to ignore. And now you’re in a situation where 7 out of 9 survivors of a massacre are dead, all around the same time a company of actors performed in the area they lived.
Conscience of the King stands as a greater lesson on why willfully ignoring uncomfortable history will lead to people not learning from their parents’/ancestors’ mistakes and/or worse, make the same mistakes/commit the same crimes.
#star trek#star trek tos#james t kirk#star trek analysis#conscious of the king#tarsus iv#star trek meta#conscience of the king#strange new worlds#snw
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#the time when arthur lifted up merlin like he’s a sack of potatoes
#posting premade gifs bcs ive been sick#and didnt make any new gifset#merlin#bbc merlin#colin morgan#arthur pendragon#king arthur#bradley james#merthur#xuserann#arthurpendragonns#ughmerlin#merlinedit#fandom
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theres something so special to me about kirk being incredibly private, unhealthily so, he alone going his way doing what he feels is right. it's exhausting but it's what he's always done, it's what he must do.
but spock and mccoy, they notice there's something wrong, they meet up, try to to find out what it is and how to help.
spock might not know much about human emotions but he knows loneliness and he knows guilt and he would never want jim, his brilliant captain to feel that.
so spock, the cold, emotionless vulcan goes to his quarters and talks to him stern but kindly. he erases his memory, he's always ready to be by his side no matter what.
the both of them would see stars born and die before they'd willingly let anything happen to jim
#star trek#star trek tos#spock#james t kirk#james kirk#spirk#tos spirk#leonard mccoy#bones mccoy#conscience of the king#tarsus iv#the empath#requiem for methuselah
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Johnathan groff is some how every where, like you think there is no way that's actual him and then boom, he breaks out in song and you finally realized why the character seems so gay
#Johnathan groff#Glee#Ive spent the last few episodes of this show trying to figure it out#jesse st james#mindhunter#holden ford#kristoff#hamilton musical#king george hamilton
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some misc tma s2-s3 doodles from the last couple of days
#misc tma doodles#tma podcast#the magnus archives#jonathan sims#martin blackwood#sasha james#tim stoker#elias bouchard#helen richardson#michael distortion#melanie king#i love this podcast so much ive only been listening to it for a week but if anything happened to it i'd kill everyone inthis room and then#timsasha#jmart#jonmartin#daisy tonner
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The Conscience of the King: While Captain Kirk investigates whether an actor is actually a presumed dead mass murderer, a mysterious assailant is killing the people who could identify the fugitive.
The Tholian Web: With Capt. Kirk and the derelict USS Defiant apparently lost, the Enterprise grapples with an insanity causing plague and an attack by the Tholians.
Feel free to reblog in order to help this poll reach the most people! Remember to vote on the other polls in this round, listed here!
#star trek tos#star trek#james kirk#spock#bones mccoy#star trek bracket#elimination game#leonard mccoy#star trek poll#jim kirk#the conscience of the king#tarsus iv#kodos#the tholian web#spones#mcspirk
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THE HOT MEDIEVAL & FANTASY MEN MELEE
QUALIFYING ROUND: 116th Tilt
James Douglas, Outlaw King (2018) VS. King Richard IV Plantagenet, The Black Adder (1982)
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James Douglas, Outlaw King (2018) Portrayed by: Aaron Taylor-Johnson
*Cracks knuckles* *Rolls shoulders* *SCREAMS LIKE A MANIAC* just getting into the spirit of the character. "Mair fell than wes ony devill in hell." That is how poet John Barbour described James, “The Blak Dowglas” as he came to be known to the English. And Aaron Taylor-Johnson matched that energy 200% in this movie. This man is BAT CRAP LOONY TUNES. He’s feral. Berserkers wish they were as berserk as this crazy Scotsman. I personally find using a mail coif as a weapon to be very sexy. He’ll try to seduce your daughter and when you threaten to cut his balls of, he’ll kiss you full on the mouth and then go and flirt with your OTHER daughter. He just wants his family’s lands back, and by God he will get them, and he will be screaming DOUGLAS!!!!!!! all the way home. (Cont. below the cut)
King Richard IV, The Black Adder (1982) Portrayed by: Brian Blessed
"His voice. Omg his voice. It makes me think I could be attracted to men."
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For James Douglas:
"I submit also these choice quotes from this Pajiba article, because Roxana Hadidi put it better than I can. [“In Appreciation of Aaron Taylor Johnson Going Full Beastmode in Outlaw King”]:
… it’s Taylor-Johnson’s feral qualities that add verve to these action scenes; he’s the character the film relies on to clue us into the English’s cruelty. While the rest of the Scottish camp is eating and socializing, he’s practicing sword moves in the woods, preparing himself for whatever threat is coming their way. While Pine has to be the believable kingly figure, Taylor-Johnson is over here attacking dudes with their own chainmail and slitting throats in church on Palm Sunday (it’s so bloody and over the top and great). He takes back his family castle, throws the invading English soldiers down a well, and then invites the castle staff to eat the feast they had been forced to prepare for the invaders—and then he encourages them all to join him in supporting Robert the Bruce before burning his own castle down so the English can’t come back and claim it. […] [He] is the live wire the movie needs, not only to demonstrate how [Robert] sets himself apart while performing his royal role but also because the action scenes are so essential to telling this story effectively, to demonstrating the brutality and the bloodiness of this time.’
For Richard IV:
#medieval hotties qualifiers#james douglas#the black douglas#king richard iv#outlaw king#the black adder#blackadder#aaron taylor johnson#brian blessed#fuck that medieval man
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Episode 9 | More Nose Nuzzles
#bed friend#bed friend series#bed friend episode 9#kinguea#ueaking#king x uea#uea x king#netjames#net siraphop#james supamongkon#i will never get enough of these#so soft#so tender#ive just noticed their ears are pink!
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