| 词条 | Auld Alliance |
| 释义 |
The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance"; {{Lang-fr|Vieille Alliance}}; {{Lang-gd|An Seann-chaidreachas}}[1]) was an alliance made in 1295 between the kingdoms of Scotland and France. The alliance was formed for the purpose of controlling England's numerous invasions. The Scots word auld, meaning old, has become a partly affectionate term for the long-lasting alliance between the two countries. It remained until the signing of the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560.[2] The alliance played a significant role in the relations between Scotland, France and England from its beginning in 1295 to 1560. The alliance was renewed by all the French and Scottish monarchs of that period except Louis XI.[3] By the late 14th century, the renewal occurred regardless of whether either kingdom was in a war with England at the time.[4] The alliance dates from the treaty signed by John Balliol and Philip IV of France in 1295 against Edward I of England. The terms of the treaty stipulated that if either country was attacked by England, the other country would invade English territory, as seen in the 1513 Battle of Flodden, where the Scots invaded England in response to the English campaign against France. The alliance played an important role in conflicts between both countries and England, such as the Wars of Scottish Independence, the Hundred Years' War, the War of the League of Cambrai and the Rough Wooing. HistoryThe dynastic turmoil caused by the death of Scotland's seven-year-old queen, Margaret, left the covetous king Edward I of England with an irresistible opportunity to assert his authority over Scotland. By 1295 it was clear that Edward was on a course for total subjugation of Scotland. In response the Council of Twelve who had taken over the government of Scotland temporarily, sought alliances wherever they could be found. With France and England close to war following Philippe IV's declaration of England's possession of Gascony forfeit in 1293, alliance with France was a clear course to take. In October 1295, a Scottish embassy to Philippe agreed to the Treaty of Paris.[3] As with all subsequent renewals of what became the Auld Alliance, the treaty slightly favoured France more than Scotland. The French were required to do no more than continue their struggle against the English in Gascony. However, the cost of any outright war between Scotland and England was to be borne entirely by the Scots. Nevertheless, Scotland, as remote and impoverished as it was, was now aligned to a major European power. Even if more symbolic than actual, the benefits of the alliance mattered greatly to Scotland.[4] In the short term however, the treaty proved to have no protection against Edward, whose swift and devastating invasion of Scotland in 1296 all but eradicated its independence. Furthermore, the cessation of hostilities between England and France in 1299, followed by the treaty of "perpetual peace and friendship," allowed Edward to devote all of his attention and forces to attack the Scots. Scotland, in the end, owed its eventual survival to the military acumen and inspiration of Robert the Bruce and the mistakes of Edward II, rather than its Auld Alliance with France. In 1326, Robert the Bruce renewed the alliance, with the Treaty of Corbeil. The motive for this renewal was precautionary more than anything: neither realm seemed to have much to fear from England at the time. This, however, rapidly changed after 1330 when Edward III set out to complete his conquest of Scotland and to reassert his power in France. For the first time the Franco-Scottish alliance had been given a sense of emergency. In 1346, Edward overwhelmed French forces at the Battle of Crécy. Two months later, David II of Scotland was captured at the Battle of Neville's Cross, in a botched invasion of Northern England. His 11-year absence as Edward's prisoner only increased the internal turmoil and power struggles of Scotland. David II was forced to reach a deal with Edward III to gain his freedom. Even after his release in 1357, David spent most of his remaining reign attempting to further English interests in Scotland.[4] The alliance was renewed between the two kingdoms in 1371, with the embassy of the Bishop of Glasgow and the Lord of Galloway to France. The treaty was signed by Charles V at the Château de Vincennes on 30 June, and at Edinburgh Castle by Robert II on 28 October.[5] The accession of pro-French Robert II led to the immediate renewal of the alliance; however, the benefits to Scotland were mixed. Plans were drawn up in 1385 for a Franco-Scottish invasion of England. This included the dispatch of a small French force to Scotland for the first time. These plans never came to any form of action after the French invasion failed to materialise. The deteriorating relations between France and Scotland were summed up by the French Chronicler Jean Froissart who "wished the King of France would make a truce with the English for two or three years and then march to Scotland and utterly destroy it".[6] Yet it was necessity that had driven the two kingdoms together and the need to resist aggressive new Lancastrian Kings of England that kept the alliance together in the 15th century. In 1418, with France on the brink of surrendering to the forces of Henry V, the Dauphin, Charles VII, called on his Scottish allies for help. Between 1419 and 1424 as many as 15,000 Scottish troops were sent to France.[7][8] French and Scottish forces together won against the English at the Battle of Baugé in 1421. As it marked the turning point of the Hundred Years War, the significance of this battle was great. However, their victory was a short-lived one: at Verneuil in 1424, the Scots army was defeated. Despite this defeat, the Scots had given France a valuable breathing space, effectively saving the country from English domination.[4] In addition, in 1429 Scots came to the aid of Joan of Arc in her famous relief of Orléans. Scottish soldiers also served in the Garde Écossaise, the loyal bodyguard of the French monarchy. Many members of the Scottish expeditions to France chose to settle there. Some officers were granted lands and titles in France. In the 15th and 16th centuries, they became naturalised French subjects.[9] Through the rest of the 15th century the alliance was formally renewed four times.[4] The eventual victory of France in the Hundred Years War combined with the turmoil in England following the War of the Roses meant that the English threat was greatly reduced, thus rendering the alliance almost obsolete. But it didn't stop the Auld Alliance from taking part in the war, and from it, they gained the advantage of taking many strongholds and a few possessions such as Jersey and Berwick-On-Tweed from England, in exchange of helping to support the Lancastrian causes against the Yorkists during the war, and, despite the Yorkists winning and managing to regain the possessions given to them, they were still supportive to England's rebels against Yorkist rule, even supporting the last Lancastrian, Henry VII in the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. As the 16th Century began, the marriage of Henry VII's daughters Margaret Tudor to James IV of Scotland and Mary Tudor to Louis XII of France, as a sign of peace from England, appeared to have finally ended the Franco-Scottish alliance for good. It underwent a dramatic revival in 1512 when it was formally reviewed (as it was again in 1517 and 1548). Both soon petered out but Scotland still suffered badly following the death of James IV and most of his nobles at Flodden in 1513. Periodic Anglo-French and Anglo-Scottish conflict throughout the 15th century continued, but the certainties that had driven the Auld Alliance were disappearing. As Protestantism gained ground in Scotland opinion grew there that favoured closer links with England than with France.[4] In 1558 the alliance between the two kingdoms was finally revived with the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to the future Francis II of France, but only until 1560.[10] After Mary's exile in 1568 to England, Scotland was transformed by its new king James VI, who was heir to the English throne as well as Scotland's, to a Protestant nation. His desire to form close links with England meant that the alliance had outlived its usefulness. In the 1560s, after more than 250 years, formal treaties between Scotland and France were officially ended by the Treaty of Edinburgh.[11] With the Scottish Reformation, Scotland was declared Protestant, and allied itself with Protestant England instead. During the Reformation, the Protestant Lords of the Congregation had rejected the Auld Alliance and brokered English military support with their treaty of Berwick against the French Regent Mary of Guise. Two hundred Scottish soldiers were sent to Normandy in 1562 to aid the French Huguenots in their struggle against royal authority during the French Wars of Religion. The Garde Écossaise, however, continued until 1830 when Charles X of France abdicated. Wider influenceThe alliance extended into the lives of the Scottish population in a number of ways, including architecture, law, the Scots language and cuisine. Scottish Soldiery within the French army was one contributor, but so were reciprocal dual nationality agreements,[12] privileges France granted to Scottish vintners[13] and the number of Scots who studied at French universities, something which continued up until the Napoleonic Wars.[14] David de Moravia, Bishop of Moray, helped found the Scots College of the University of Paris and amongst those who studied or taught at French Universities were the poets John Barbour and George Buchanan; the historian Hector Boece; the founder of St Andrews University, Henry Wardlaw; the founder of Aberdeen University, William Elphinstone; the founder of the Advocates Library, George Mackenzie and the translator of Rabelais, Sir Thomas Urquhart. Examples of architectural influence include two Scottish castles built with French castle-building in mind: Bothwell and Kildrummy. LegacyIn a speech which he delivered in Edinburgh in June 1942, Charles de Gaulle described the alliance between Scotland and France as "the oldest alliance in the world". He also declared that:[15] "In every combat where for five centuries the destiny of France was at stake, there were always men of Scotland to fight side by side with men of France, and what Frenchmen feel is that no people has ever been more generous than yours with its friendship." In 1995, celebrations were held in both countries for the 700th anniversary of the beginning of the alliance.[16] In 2011, British historian Siobhan Talbott published the result of her research on this matter and concluded accordingly that the Auld Alliance has never been revoked.[17] See also
ReferencesNotes1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishdiasporatapestry.org/fr01-auld-alliance|title=FR01 - Auld Alliance|author=|date=|website=www.scottishdiasporatapestry.org}} 2. ^Tanner, Roland, "Franco-Scottish Alliance," in The Oxford Companion to British History . Oxford University Press, 2009. pp 390-91 3. ^Tanner, Roland. Franco-Scottish Alliance, in The Oxford Companion to British History. Oxford University Press, 2009. 4. ^1 2 3 4 Cussans, Thomas. "Kings and Queens of the British Isles". The Times Books, 2002, p.65. 5. ^Michel, vol i, pp71-72 6. ^McNamee, Colm . "The Wars of the Bruces: Scotland, England and Ireland". Tuckwell Press, 1996 7. ^[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun03pauluoft#page/166/mode/2up Balfour Paul. Scots Peerage, vol iii, p. 167] 8. ^[https://archive.org/stream/scotspeeragefoun02pauluoft#page/264/mode/2up Balfour Paul.Scots Peerage, vol. ii p. 264] 9. ^1 {{cite web| url=http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=5218&jid=HIS&volumeId=40&issueId=04&aid=5217 |title=Cjo - Abstract - French Naturalization Of The Scots In The Fifteenth And Sixteenth Centuries |publisher= Journals.cambridge.org | date= | accessdate=2010-03-06}} 10. ^{{cite journal| author-first= Eric | author-last=Durot| title=Le crépuscule de l'Auld Alliance. La légitimité du pouvoir en question entre Ecosse, France et Angleterre (1558-1561)| work= Revue d'histoire moderne et contemporaine | year=2007 | issue=1| pages=3–46 | url= http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=HES_071_0003&DocId=43872&hits=21+}} 11. ^Macloed, Morag. France: the 'Auld Alliance' in The Oxford Companion to Scottish History. Oxford University Press, 2001. 12. ^{{cite book |last=Kay |first=Billy |date=2006 |title=The Scottish World |publisher=Mainsteam Publishing |page=80 |isbn=1-84596-021-1 |author-link=Billy Kay (writer)}} 13. ^{{cite book |last=Kay |first=Billy |date=2006 |title=The Scottish World |publisher=Mainsteam Publishing |page=80 |isbn=1-84596-021-1 |author-link=Billy Kay (writer)}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/revjurnsold15&div=7&g_sent=1&collection=journals|title=Redirecting...|author=|date=|website=heinonline.org}} 15. ^{{cite book |title=Mémoires de guerre: L'appel, 1940-1942 |last=de Gaulle |first=Charles |authorlink=Charles de Gaulle |coauthors= |year=1960 |publisher=Plon |location=Université de l'État de Pennsylvanie |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}} 16. ^1 {{cite journal |last1=Bonner |first1=Elizabeth |year=2002 |title=Scotland's `Auld Alliance' with France, 1295-1560 |journal=History |volume=84 |issue=273 |pages=5–30 |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/119066797/PDFSTART |doi= 10.1111/1468-229x.00097}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} 17. ^{{Cite web|url= http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/news/display/?id=7313 |title= In a paper to be published next year, Dr Siobhan Talbott argues the Franco-Scottish Auld Alliance of 1295 survived centuries of enmity and war between Britain and France – even after the Act of Union was signed in 1707.|accessdate=2011-11-14}} Sources
Further reading
External links
10 : Auld Alliance|1290s establishments in Scotland|1290s establishments in France|1295 establishments in Europe|1560 disestablishments in Europe|1290s treaties|13th-century military alliances|14th-century military alliances|15th-century military alliances|16th-century military alliances |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。