The Golden Age

Question 1

Golden Age in Scotland - Evidence 1

Answer 1

• Scotland in the thirteenth century was a kingdom increasingly growing in confidence.
• Alexander saw a steady increase in wool export to Flanders, Belgium.
  -Skye and Western Isles in 1263 and Isle of Man in 1264.
• 1265, Scot’s launched expeditions into Ross, Caithness and Skye.

Question 2

Golden Age in Scotland 2

Answer 2

• Countries around the North Sea regarded Scotland as a profitable trading partner and political ally.
• Ships built at Inverness
• Aberdeen was an important economic hub for the North Sea
• Glasgow and Ayr exported timber, hides, wool and fish to Ireland.