Epic poem · 1375
The Bruce
Original Older Scots text, ed. W. M. Mackenzie (1909)
Barbour's verse chronicle of Robert the Bruce and Sir James Douglas and the Scottish War of Independence, culminating in Bannockburn, with its famous praise of freedom.
Contents · 20 parts
- Book Iabout 630 lines
- Book IIabout 590 lines
- Book IIIabout 760 lines
- Book IVabout 780 lines
- Book Vabout 660 lines
- Book VIabout 680 lines
- Book VIIabout 640 lines
- Book VIIIabout 520 lines
- Book IXabout 760 lines
- Book Xabout 830 lines
- Book XIabout 660 lines
- Book XIIabout 590 lines
- Book XIIIabout 750 lines
- Book XIVabout 550 lines
- Book XVabout 580 lines
- Book XVIabout 700 lines
- Book XVIIabout 950 lines
- Book XVIIIabout 570 lines
- Book XIXabout 820 lines
- Book XXabout 630 lines