Undiscovered Scotland's status

Undiscovered Scotland

On this day in history. The Declaration of Arbroath, probably the most important and influential document in Scottish history and considered by UNESCO to be of world significance, was dated 6 April 1320: making it 705 years old today. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/arbroath/arbroathabbey/index.html

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The Declaration of Arbroath. The image shows a replica of the declaration on display in a Perspex box. It is a large single sheet with closely spaced lines of writing at the end furthest from the viewer. At the near end it is cut into multiple vertical strips, each of which has a red or black wax seal on it. AT the bottom of the image is an interpretive panel giving background to the declaration.

Peter Brown replied to Undiscovered Scotland's status

@UndisScot considered by UNESCO? Sounds like it’s an outlier. Obviously, nobody else in the world that thinks it’s important.
Because if it really was a world importance you would’ve said so and then said it’s designated the world heritage document by UNESCO .

Placing sovereignty with the people and not with the king was unheard of when it was written , and as far as I’m aware it’s the first document that delineates the relationship between King and people.
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Colin Macleod replied to Undiscovered Scotland's status

@UndisScot But also: "Much more historically significant was the implication elsewhere in the declaration that in future the King of Scotland could only rule with the approval of the people of Scotland. It was the first time anyone, anywhere, had thought about royalty in this way."
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