Travel was a significant part of Scotland’s economic, national, and literary history. Incursions by English forces generated travel narratives in the form of campaign itineraries; Scottish writers harnessed the power of travel to demonstrate their place in broader transnational communities. Beyond the Anglo-Scottish relationship, Scotland had significant connections to Ireland, France, the Low Countries, and Scandinavia, each leaving its own imprint on Scottish history. Focusing on Scottish travel–both in the sense of travel to and from Scotland–reveals the importance of travel as both a mode of aggression and defense, a means to assert domination and a way to create transnational coalitions that resist that domination. Though no traditional travel narratives from medieval Scottish writers exist, Scottish literature reimagines travel as a literary mode expressed through lyric poetry, romance, and history writing.