Flodden

• “Indeed, the ballad of "Flodden" says he came for it; but the valiant and chivalrous king would give him no reward but that which he said every traitor deserved -- a rope.”

  Northumberland Yesterday and To-day

• “It's doubly powerful if you know just what a yew tree represents in Scotland, and what 'Flodden' was.”

  The Anchoress

• “Sir Walter Scott, Marmion: a Tale of Flodden Field. 1809: Publication of the 2 volume stereotype edition of Bloomfield's Poems, containing new prefaces and revised texts of some of his work.”

  A Bloomfield Chronology

• “[1] Walter Scott's second verse romance, Marmion: a Tale of Flodden Field was published in 1808, following the runaway success of The Lay of the Last Minstrel (London and Edinburgh, 1805).”

  Letter 234

• “Eleven years later, in the Battle of Flodden against the English, Scotland suffered its worst ever military defeat.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Chávez Takes a Swing at Golf

• “The tune of 'Flowers of the Forest' came to mind; the lament played by a piper to recall the Scottish dead at the Battle of Flodden in 1513.”

  Irish Blogs

• “Ravenswood to the fatal battle of Flodden, in which they both fell.”

  The Bride of Lammermoor

• “The remorse which he felt, as well as the recollection of her charms, proved the penance of his future life, which he lost in the battle of Flodden not many months after.”

  The Bride of Lammermoor

• “Down came the Scots, and they were cut up at Flodden, by Surrey, later made Duke of Norfolk: the Norfolk that was then, not the Norfolk that is now, that sinewy little twitcher constantly twitching toward his advantage.”

  Cromwell & Wolsey: From 'Wolf Hall'

• “Scottish King had also crossed the river Till, and was encamped upon the last of the Cheviot Hills, called the Hill of Flodden.”

  A Child's History of England

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