Ailred of Rievaulx, himself from the border region, recorded with horror the Galwegian atrocities committed during David's 1138 invasion. Babies were thrown on spears and women were enslaved, according to the chronicle accounts. This context made the English rage at the Battle of the Standard even more intense
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