Scottish Highland Clan Warfare

Timeline

1. 1390–1395around Inverness · HighlandsThe Clan Chattan and Clan Mackintosh launched a long-running feud over land and cattle raiding, attacking and burning each other's villages; the Scottish crown could hardly intervene effectively in the cycle of violence under Highland traditions of autonomy.
2. 1396North Inch, Perth · ScotlandUnder the auspices of King Robert III, the Clan Chattan and Clan Mackintosh each sent thirty warriors to duel at North Inch, Perth, to settle the feud; the duel was brutal, with only a few survivors, and became one of the most famous events in the history of Scottish clan warfare.
3. 1397–1399Scottish Lowlands · ScotlandArchibald, 4th Earl of Douglas, grew in power, and his conflict with the regent, the Duke of Albany, intensified; in 1398 Douglas was granted a dukedom, and tensions between the crown and powerful magnates continued into the early 15th century.