Independence for Scotland? An Historical Perspective on the Scottish Referendum

History News Network | Independence for Scotland? An Historical Perspective on the Scottish Referendum 

More specifically with respect to the Scottish independence question, Scotland and England have for more than a thousand years battled one another to achieve the best political, economic, and security advantage that each could wrest from the other. In most instances the more powerful southerners have prevailed to a greater or lesser extent. But I think that history indicates a marked instability in this balance of power, and that the fact Scottish voters have independence in their hands, following hard upon devolution, marks a shift for the time being in favor of North Britain. - See more at: http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/156906#sthash.SbTdMfpD.dpuf