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Presents a detailed study of the Battle of Pinkie, 1547 - a battle that is of considerable significance in the history of both Scotland and England.
The Battle of Pinkie, fought between the English and the Scots in 1547, was the last great clash between the two as independent nations. It is a well-documented battle with several eyewitness accounts and contemporary illustrations. There is also archaeological evidence of military activities. The maneuvers of the two armies can be placed in the landscape near Edinburgh, despite considerable developments since the sixteenth century. Nevertheless, the battle and its significance has not been well understood. From a military point of view there is much of interest. The commanders were experienced and had already had battlefield successes. There was an awareness on both sides of contemporary best practice and use of up-to-date weapons and equipment. The Scots and the English armies, however, were markedly different in their composition and in the strategy and tactics they employed. There is the added ingredient that the fire from English ships, positioned just off the coast, helped decide the course of events. Using contemporary records and archaeological evidence, David Caldwell, Victoria Oleksy, and Bess Rhodes reconsider the events of September 1547. They explore the location of the fighting, the varied forces involved, the aims of the commanders, and the close-run nature of the battle. Pinkie resulted in a resounding victory for the English, but that was by no means an inevitable outcome. After Pinkie it briefly seemed as if the future of Britain had been redefined. The reality proved rather different, and the battle has largely slipped from popular consciousness. This book provides a reminder of the uncertainty and high stakes both Scots and English faced in the autumn of 1547.
Cowles History Group, Inc. presents the full text of the article entitled "The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh," written by Gervase Philips. The article was published in the February 2001, volume 17, number 6 issue of "Military History." The paper discusses the Battle of Pinkie, fought on September 10, 1547 between the Scottish and English, which was fought to the east of Edinburgh. The battle was over the attempt to engineer a marriage between Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587) and Edward VI of England (1537-1553).
The Royal Stuarts, a performer's guild in California, offers the text entitled "Battle of Pinkie Cleuch," from the book "History of Scotland," written by John Hill Burton. The Battle of Pinkie Cleuch, also referred to as the Battle of Pinkie, occurred on September 10, 1547. The battle between the Scots and the English was supposed to help engineer a marriage between Queen of Scotland Mary Stuart (1542-1587)and King Edward VI of England (1537-1553).
The 'Rough Wooings', fought by major figures of sixteenth-century Europe for the hand of the young Mary Queen of Scots, were wars as intense, wide-ranging and devastating as the wars of the three Edwards which ravaged fourteenth-century Scotland. But the Wooings were wars of independence as well. As the kings of England and France vied to control the bestowing of Mary's hand in marriage, so Scotland itself strove to remain free of them. And Scotland won, although it was a close-run thing. The politics and international diplomacy involved were as sophisticated and complex as the century provides; the warfare and political literature as revolutionary and modern as for any part of Europe. Protestant zealots were forged on its anvil; massive navies ranged the North Sea; Italian military technology was brought to bear. All for one of the most fascinating queens in history. This is the story of her beginning, a rich and vibrant epic involving many of the major figures of early modern history: Henry VIII of England, François I and Henri II of France bestride the canvas, but even they cannot obscure the beguiling figure of the young Mary Queen of Scots.