An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)

"An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707)" by Robert S. Rait is an early 20th-century history book which examines the long and complicated story of how England and Scotland interacted, starting way back in medieval times and going all the way to when they joined together as one country in the 1700s. The author seeks to provide an organized explanation of how the two countries dealt with each other, pointing out that Scotland's story is always connected to England's, but England doesn't always pay as close attention to Scotland. The book's introduction explains that the story of Scotland and England are linked, that Scottish history can be misunderstood, and that there is a need to understand the detailed relationship between the two countries. It promises to deeply examine important times, like the Wars of Independence and when they became unified, and to highlight how mixing of people and systems of power shaped who they became as nations. Rait's work begins by emphasizing the complicated nature of the relationship between England and Scotland.