Open AccessNotice of the 'Bluidy Banner' of Drumclog and Bothwell Brig, preserved at Dunbar
Author(s) -
James Drummond
Publication year - 1862
Publication title -
proceedings of the society of antiquaries of scotland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-743X
pISSN - 0081-1564
DOI - 10.9750/psas.003.253.258
Subject(s) - banner , notice , history , political science , law , archaeology
The author presents several illustrations of banners used by the Covenanters in the Seventeenth century. He focuses on one banner in particular that he has an unusually thorough provenance for thanks to information he gained from its owners. He uses the discussion of these items to highlight the brutality of the conflict and to raise questions about the reliability of written records from the time.