shield robert the bruceThis shield is painted in the heraldry of King Robert the Bruce of Scotland. This legendary king defeated English King Edward I at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 after years of campaigning, reclaiming Scottish independence. The knights shield, or heater shield, developed around the end of the 12th century from the Norman kite shield. Heater shields get their name from Victorian historians, who associated the shape of the shield with a Victorian