![]() By doing so Robert enhanced his kingship through victory. ![]() Similarly, the settlement of the civil war allowed Robert to concentrate on the remaining vestiges of English control in Scotland and take the war into the north of England. The death of Edward I and the comparative ineptitude of Edward II were fortuitous factors which gave Bruce time and space to pursue his Scottish opponents to defeat or submission. Bruce’s ability to survive and prosper depended on his political and military acumen in taking advantage of existing political divisions and the enlisting of popular support bolstered by English repression. ![]() These movements merged as one, assisted by Robert I, due to factors including the political polarization of Scotland created by the murder of Comyn within the wider scenario of the Anglo-Scottish war. However, these factors all revolve around the separate, converging movements of Bruce seeking support for the seizure of the Scottish throne and which of a patriotic cause associated with the community of the realm seeking to overthrow English overlordship claims. ![]() The factors which enabled Bruce’s cause to survive and prosper between the murder of John Comyn on 10 February 13 are multifarious and inter-linked. ![]()
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