The Declaration is the first statement in history to define the democratic rights of people and nations. A great moral declaration: that the people are sovereign. A political document. It was written by a number of aristocrats, lairds and senior clerics who pleaded for protection from English aggression. The declaration was a letter to the Pope to recognise Scotland and Robert the Bruce. It states that sovereignty lies with the Scottish people, and that they should elect their sovereign – that the freedom of the kingdom is more important than the person.
- Wee Ginger dug on the Declaration of Arbroath anniversary, National newspaper -
https://www.thenational.scot/news/.looking-ahead-different-scotland-declaration-arbroath-anniversary/
- GRIT orchestra The Declaration compositions, led by Greg Lawson
- RADIO SCOTLAND – Billy Kay - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000h0mr
**Arbroath FILM with Leslie Riddoch
New film “Declaration; the letter of liberty”,
It’s the product of an amazing Covid-imposed online collaboration between filmmaker @cherlieboy, composer Patrick Doyle and myself. Our aim is to make sure the 700th anniversary of Scotland’s most famous historic document is not forgotten. - https://www.facebook.com/lesley.riddoch
