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Another fascinating insight into Scottish history! Thank you, Nico!

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The Scots backed Charles II because he promised to keep Scotland Presbyterian. He lied of course.

Been there a few times but always learn something new

Thanks for this whistle stop tour, Nico. Enjoyed your use of modern idioms! However, as one of the Scots who could swim (to Ireland), your stress on the uniquely’Scottish’ nature of the Covenanters obscures the deep roots of their Reformed religion in that international revival of Christianity we call the Protestant Reformation. Czech and Hungarian Calvinists, Italian Waldensians, French Huguenots displayed equal resolve (and their killing times did not end happily with freedom to practice as they felt Christ was calling them.) Nor should we forget the willingness of their Catholic opponents to suffer for their version of the faith. Final thought-as Scots have abandoned the Reformed Faith, has a debased form of Calvinism, in the form of the Nationalism that sees the Scots as the Elect and the English as the Reprobates, filled the vacuum?

My late father was a Cameronian (9th Batt. Scottish rifles), They were formed in the 1680s to protect the Covenanters, and were the only regiment in the British Army - up intil they were disbanded in 1968 - to be allowed to bear arms inside a kirk.

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And that is why the king now swears to the true church the church of scotland even to this day

Dun Means black!

Thank you for telling this very interesting story. You do an excellent job covering the background to the Covenanters. I gave a similar lecture to a group of Presbyterians…it is a lot harder than it looks. Your visuals were great and add tremendously to the lecture. I love the little girl running with, what looks like, the small cannon ball. Thanks!

I just enjoyed your video about the Covenanters. I was a bit surprised that you didn’t feature the Covenanters present whilst you were in Greyfriars Kirkyard. From the autumn until Christmas 2000 covenanters were held in this open-air enclosure without a roof. 500 or so died and that enclosure. You can double-check my numbers. It might have been just 500 that survived. Look up the history of the covenanters being thrown in prison on the Bass Rock. That speaks to the true grit of these people alongside the female martyrs who let the tide arise around them rather than denounce their faith. Ask yourself this question though, why go to such lengths, as a layman, to protect a different way of worshipping God in favour of a more austere way of worshipping God? It’s just that really a big enough thing to lay down your life for? To me, that level of commitment doesn’t really make sense. You do touch on the underlying thread of the story that I think you might have missed. Since before Scotland was Scotland, tribal chiefs and clan chiefs after them were all endorsed and kind of elected by the people. It is that principle that William Wallace fought for. It is that principle that Robert the Bruce saw in William Wallace that eventually galvanised William Wallace’s resolve behind the Scottish traditions. It was in the years after the Normans conquered and unified the southern tribes in 1066 forming England that the greedy Norman eyes fell upon Scotland and its resources. Now, the big difference is that the Norman kings had divine right to the throne whereas the Scottish Kings since Constantine, the first king of Scots was allowed to take the throne in 890 is this, I should draw your attention to the fact that English kings are King's of England and the people are subject. In Scotland, kings and queens are Kings and Queens of Scots. This speaks to the fact that to be a King or Queen of Scots, the monarch must swear fealty to the Scottish people. The people in Scotland are sovereign and lend their sovereignty to whomever they choose to do their bidding according to the Scottish mandate. King or President. The same holds true for Queens. The Scottish people have always had the right to sack their chosen leader if that leader did not do the bidding of the Scots people in accordance with the Scot's mandate. There was no need for this beautiful folklore and oral tradition to be written down until it was under threat from the newly formed English kingdom. After seeing William Wallace fight for the popular sovereignty of the Scottish people and when at Stirling Bridge and then go on a campaign as far as York to ram home popular Scottish sovereignty Robert Bruce galvanised his allegiance under popular Scottish sovereignty to the Scottish people. This is why, to this day there has never been a King or Queen of Scots since the coronation of Queen Anne in 1708. Queen Anne broke the Treaty of Union by taking the Scottish oath and becoming Queen of two separate kingdoms, the Kingdom of Scotland being Queen of Scots and the Kingdom of England. Going back to the days of Robert the Bruce, seeing a threat to this nation of the people, by the people and for the people, Robert the Bruce rights down one of the first acts of Scots law in 1310. I suggest you research the Declaration of the Clergy. This is the first document where the oral tradition of Scots and the sovereignty is written down in an act of law. The declaration of the clergy is relevant to what the covenanters were fighting for because alongside the Presbyterian faith lies how the ministers of that faith were given the right to dispense the doctrine by the people. The declaration of the clergy states that the clergy are elected from the communities of the Scottish realm. The covenanters along with their Presbyterian faith were protecting the rights written down in law to elect from amongst themselves the clergy. John Knox was put there by the people. The people of Scotland saw John Knox as a fit vessel to convey the word of God to the sovereign people of Scotland. I hope this brings the reason the resolve of the covenanters and the marketers runs so deep as to stand fast against such temptation is to save one’s own life by seeing just a few words that would denounce a faith. By taking on board faith dictated to them by a foreign King they would also be giving up their own sovereignty. In 1320, what is to be Scottish is written down for the first time in the Declaration of Arbroath. It is that definition of what it is to be Scottish that is wrapped up in the election of John Knox as the People’s clergy that the covenanters were fighting for. The covenanters also knew that the declaration of Arbroath declared, in words and terms of it's time that no higher nation would ever govern Scotland so long as 100 Scots survive. The highest authority in the world back then just so happened to be Rome, the Vatican City and the Catholic faith. This is why the words in the document that many of these laws are rolled into would read with today’s understanding of those words as sectarian but, when one reads those words from the point of view of a sovereign people putting their point that they shall not be ruled by a higher nation through Robert the Bruce; the first amongst equals that they lent their sovereignty to defending the sovereign ways of the sovereign Scots. These documents feed into the 1689 Claim of Right. It is no coincidence that this constitution was written shortly after the covenanters fight and it is also no coincidence that this is all around the time of the Darien scheme and the 1707 Treaty of Union. If nothing else, I do hope my comments give you food for thought and direction of research less trodden.

I always love your videos, but thisone especially much so - the script was great :D . Yes, this is the only way to see it. Great idea to go to this reenactment, too. 👍👍🤓😃

If you read the bible to accept or reject it as it is written, as it is intended, then you are on the same wavelength as Reformed or Covenant believers. Any difficulty or dispute only exists when you want to mess with it and turn it into what suits you. That's what the Stuart kings did. Reformed based living is straightforward as it does exactly what it says on the tin. Look at the New Testament as the story written by those who were witnesses to Christ. Distinctly set apart from the current 21st century turmoil.

ah my hometown

This would be much better if you cut down attempts at smart one liners

Savage double crossing went on in Scottish history. Game of Thrones is tame by comparison!

I wonder what the Covenanters would make of what is coming out of many churches nowadays.

After the battle of Dunbar, Cromwell sent the captured Covenanters on a “ death march” to Durham Cathedral where they would be kept in captivity, its said more Covenanter died on the death march than died in the actual battle, they were starved and ill treated at Durham cathedral and the survivors got sent to America and became “Cromwells Scottish slaves” , they were actually sold ( not indentured ) as slaves, eventually some of them where freed and married, but the big irony was their descendants for fought for American independence and helped kick “ the British” out of America !

I wid like ti ken foo ye managed ti get a dry day oot at Fyvie!

An account of the Covenanter forces struggles against Montrose would be interesting..

Thank you for your concise and insightful coverage of the Covenanters and their cause.

Thank you Nico, I truly enjoyed this video. Although I live in Aberdeen and have seen Bennachie in the distance many times. It's not a place I've ever climbed to. When I was younger I'd enjoy walking around The Marr Lodge area, even camping, I recall seeing a proud Stag with lots of Antlers as I steped out of my tent first thing in the morning, the Stag looking to cross the river on that crisp cold and frozen April day. In thanking you for this video, I must admit I'm no longer able to climb this far! it takes me all my time to walk round Sainsburry's, yet in working in an operating theatre for humans i'd spend 10/12 hours a day on my feet. It is true use it or loose it. Thank you.

Great production! I fear everybody has too much soy in their porridge these days. Do you believe everybody was 5ft 4 in those days? I've looked at armour from the civil war period and I must admit, they were rather small breastplates. Quality Video mate. - From Sussex

I am a descendant of Clan Grant. We Grants fought with the Covenanters against those papist Royalists. Democracy and Parliament over divine right of kings any day!

Great job Nico!!!! Greatings from Stirling!

Norman v Norman action protecting their spoils 🎉😂✊✊✊✊😂🤓👍

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Campbell name is still Not Welcome in many places in Scotland.

Brilliant .

This was really interesting, and I do like how you are telling it. Really looking forward to all the other stories that you can tell us 👍 😊🤓

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======================================== Sounds as if my Macleod of Macleod ancestors ======================================== would have been at this battle - adding to my knowledge of those martial times. I am descended from both the Macleod of Berneray line, and the Macleod of Assynt / Cadboll line. Born in South Devon, the skirl of the pipes always stirred my blood, though it has taken half a century to really understand why. The Highlands and Islands are quite literally in my blood. /

So the Guardians of Scotland handed the destiny of Scotland to Edward I, a foreign King. A Plantagenet, not even an Anglo Saxon. Stupid.

If you say 'bloodiest battle of Scotland' please try get some number estimates from your hat. Yes men died. Ok. But some Idea how many and how many ships..or drop 'bloodiest?'...nobody simply knows.

very interesting thankyou. I have sailed past and wondered about the name, now I know!

Very interesting and informative, cracking show sonna Few bits I never knew. Moray and Bruce both Norman descent. Bruce Family owned land around the area I live in Billingham seal sand Greatham in England. Moray / Bruce/ Wallace/ Longshanks were certainly men of there times.

Well when cant pronounce Andrew de morays name correctly, you loos all credibility as a historical blogger. It's pronounced Murray and murrayshire

English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh fighting at the behest of their Norman overlords, then as is now

About who won: The ones probably thought "we gave them a good beating, now let us stop before our losses start to get really grave" , while the others thought: "We were saved! We did not get destroyed". So indeed both sides "won". It was important to them to be able to hold their head high. And maybe the loss of two important captains brought to the Donalds´s minds, that this was dead serious, not just being brave and looking fierce. They started to grieve.

Yes, I can imagine, that they got exhausted! I have seen "real" full contact fighting contests conducted with authentic armour and weapons - yes, they do get exhausted quite quickly, get red in the face,start panting, close in on each other´s shields and kind of hang on each other, can barely lift their arms any more..... and are more or less helpless in that state of exhaustion...... Great story, great video, again! 👍👍 😃

Most interesting! It was new to me and I really enjoeyed it a lot 🤓. Thank you for braveing the rain and wind for us! Great video again 👍👍 . And thank you for your great work! 😀