The Relations Of Scotland To England And To France In The Hundred Years War

Scotland is a relatively independent kingdom in the Middle Ages. Even after the Norman Conquest, Scotland still maintained considerable independence. Because of its unique geographical environment, Scottish is an important port of France into the British Isles. Before the middle of the 13th century, the King of England consisted keeping the policy of peaceful coexistence with Scotland. After the enthronement of Edward I, he broke this situation. He tried to put Scotland in United Kingdom under the control of the Royal family, this was determined resistance by the Scottish. In the struggle with the British royal family, Scotland and France formed an Alliance. Because France and England have a sharp conflict of interest, so both two engaged in an intermittent war for more than a century. In the hundred years’ war between the British and French, Scotland and France Association strongly hampered England which attempted to merge Scotland, this makes it possible for Scotland continue to be independent. After the hundred years’war, England entered the period of upheavals in social change, and the attempts to merge Scotland also ran aground. Inl6th century, France alliance with Scotland again, it forced the Royal family of England changed the merged policy in Scotland. Finally in 1707, the two sides through negotiations decided to merge into a United Kingdom.