Declaration of Arbroath Plaque.  This document basically declared that the rule of Scotland was not determined by the pope, or even by God, but by the people of Scotland. It stated that Scotland had always been free (longer than England, in fact), and that any so-called king that threatened to deprive men of their natural rights did not deserve a throne. Robert the Bruce had set them free and was their choice, and Bernard begged the pope to recognize him which he did.