#george buchanan

[rhia-the-georgina-enthusiast]

!!!!I'M NOT DEAD GUYS!!!!!

don't know what to post, but anyways

(not)Anxiety or something something😶😶

"I didn't do anything..... Right?..."

Give her some hugs🥺🥺🥺

[krasivaa]

A letter signed by Sir George Buchanan, British ambassador to Russia during the Russian revolution, regarding offer of Asylum to Romanov family in England.

[dreamconsumer]

Indulf was king of Scots from 954-962 and succeeded his cousin Malcolm I to the throne of Alba in 954. He died in 962, 8 years after he became king and passed the throne to his son Dub.

[roehenstart]

Legendary kings of Scotland by James de Witt.

69: Kennethus II (Kenneth MacAlpin)

Kenneth MacAlpin (810-858) or Kenneth I was King of Dál Riada (841–850), King of the Picts (843–858), and the first King of Alba (843–858) of likely Gaelic origin. He inherited the throne of Dál Riada from his father Alpín mac Echdach, founder of the Alpínid dynasty. Kenneth I conquered the kingdom of the Picts in 843–850 and began a campaign to seize all of Scotland and assimilate the Picts, for which he was posthumously nicknamed An Ferbasach ("The Conqueror"). Kenneth I is traditionally considered the founder of Scotland, which was then known as Alba, although like his immediate successors, he bore the title of King of the Picts. One chronicle calls Kenneth the first Scottish lawgiver but there is no information about the laws he passed.

[beyondmistland]

Behold the Heirs of the Lion!

Goranus I and his nephew, Eugenius III by Dracona_Arts

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[staches-and-sabres]

Me: *getting ready for bed, as one does*

My brain: "You fool," George replied in a low, strained voice, shaking his head sadly, "I didn't resent you because you mourned him (note: Robert, their brother). I resented you because . . . you never acknowledged . . . how deeply I did." He fought back the anger rising in his chest and the tears threatening to spill from his eyes. "I did everything I could to distract myself from my grief, but you? Ho-ho, you fucking wallowed in it -- almost as if . . . as if it gave you pleasure to be so goddamned miserable all the time!" After a moment, the anger crested. "No, we weren't nearly as close as the two of you were, but he was still my brother . . . my conscience . . . and my friend. So don't you dare presume to tell me that I didn't mourn him adequately."

Me: 😢

[the-busy-ghost]

Ok but George Buchanan going to extreme lengths to instil into the young James VI the idea that monarchs were answerable to their subjects; writing whole histories supporting his idea of the electoral nature of Scottish kingship and holding up examples of James’ ancestors, not least his own mother, as dire warnings of what happened when said monarchs ignored this; and literally trying to whip him into shape as an ideal Calvinist with a healthy respect for the independence of the Church of Scotland... 

...only for James to grow up and be all ‘Let’s bring back episcopacy!’, ‘Here’s to Anglicanism!’, ‘Hey look I just developed the concept of the Divine Right of Kings!’... 

...is actually one of the funniest and most underrated ironies in British history

[beyondmistland]

A Schemer and a Brute...

Gunvasius, the second man of Orkney by Dracona_Arts

Donald of Athol, a simple man who hears and obeys by Dracona_Arts

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