| rdfs:comment | - The Auld Alliance (Scots:Auld Alliance, English: Old Alliance, French:Vieille Alliance, Norwegian: Auld-alliansen) refers to a series of treaties, offensive and defensive in nature, between Scotland and France (until 1326 also Norway), aimed specifically against England. The first such agreement was signed in Paris on 23 October 1295 – subsequently ratified at Dunfermline the following February – during the reign of John Balliol and Philip the Fair. It was renewed on several subsequent occasions, and affected Franco-Scottish (and English) affairs until the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560. There were times when the two nations acquired considerable mutual benefit from the alliance, particularly after the outbreak of the Hundred Years War.
- The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance"; Vieille Alliance in French) was the alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France. The Scots word auld meaning old has become a partly affectionate term for this periodic alliance between the two countries before the Union of Crowns, whereby the Scottish monarch James VI, acceded to the throne of England (as James I).
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| abstract | - The Auld Alliance (Scots:Auld Alliance, English: Old Alliance, French:Vieille Alliance, Norwegian: Auld-alliansen) refers to a series of treaties, offensive and defensive in nature, between Scotland and France (until 1326 also Norway), aimed specifically against England. The first such agreement was signed in Paris on 23 October 1295 – subsequently ratified at Dunfermline the following February – during the reign of John Balliol and Philip the Fair. It was renewed on several subsequent occasions, and affected Franco-Scottish (and English) affairs until the Treaty of Edinburgh in 1560. There were times when the two nations acquired considerable mutual benefit from the alliance, particularly after the outbreak of the Hundred Years War.
- The Auld Alliance (Scots for "Old Alliance"; Vieille Alliance in French) was the alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France. The Scots word auld meaning old has become a partly affectionate term for this periodic alliance between the two countries before the Union of Crowns, whereby the Scottish monarch James VI, acceded to the throne of England (as James I). The alliance played a significant role in the relations between Scotland, France and England from its beginning in 1295 until the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh. The alliance was renewed by all the French and Scottish monarchs of that period except for Louis XI. By the late 14th century, the renewal occurred regardless of whether either kingdom was involved in a conflict with England. 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 became evident at the Battle of Flodden Field, 1513. 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.
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