Taking a journalistic view of Scotland's past is acknowledging that there was a shared plight of freedom from the ultimate oppressor, the English, a sense of misery and hopelessness from the suffering and sheer carnage that took place throughout the highlands very similar to the great Russian literature. It was bleak but beautiful. It all culminated in a great expression of philosophy in the enlightenment era, one last push before capitulation. From an IR perspective there was definitely state building from the likes of Wallace and Bruce, and when it came to Charles Edward Stuart the cause had nearly gone, where the Highlanders became powerless and pawns to the greater powers. The greatest triumph to the Scots was having Mary Stuart's son become king of not only Scotland, but England, Ireland and Wales. James VI and I was Scotland's greatest triumph.
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