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Jun 25, 2021 · According to the movie Braveheart, Scotland won its freedom at the Battle of Bannockburn, inspired by the demise of William Wallace nearly a decade earlier. But Bannockburn didn't end the Wars of Scottish Independence, and Wallace wasn't exactly an inspiring figure to the Scottish army by 1314. Although Wallace had led the Scots to victory at ...
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Mar 9, 2022 · The Scottish warrior poets take to the field, defeat the British, and win their independence. The final shot of the film is a two-handed broadsword stabbed into the ground, gently waving in the ...
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Jun 30, 2013 · In the script of the movie Braveheart (Section 9) the Scots are chanting "MacAulish, MacAulish, WALLACE, WALLACE!" The term "Mac" means "son of", and "Aulish" is intended to be a variation of the Medieval Gaelic name "Uallas" (later translated to the Anglican, "Wallace").
Oct 5, 2019 · 4# The Battle of Stirling Bridge. Classic Hollywood approach. The protagonist arouses his men with an epic speech, for epic it was, they charge, and the enemy, seeing their determination of steel, flee for their lives. In reality the Battle of Stirling Bridge couldn’t have been more different.
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- Like in the movie, Wallace is said to have accepted his execution without resistance and a brave heart. He even made a final confession to a priest and read from the book of Psalms before his punishment.
- His naked body was tied to horses and dragged six miles through the streets of London. Bystanders pelted him with garbage and excrement and even hit him with sticks and whips.
- Like in the movie, he was hung briefly but not killed. The British preferred their executions like their parliamentary bureaucracy or tearoom chats—long and painfully drawn out.
- Here is what you did not see in the movie when the camera held on Mel Gibson’s face in agony. The executioner sliced off Wallace’s manhood and disemboweled him while forcing him to watch.
There was a show trial in London, but in reality, there was zero chance that Wallace would escape with his life. While his death scene in Braveheart is excruciatingly painful, it was a mild demise compared to what really happened. After the inevitable guilty verdict on August 23, 1305, he was sentenced to die in one of the worst ways imaginable.
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Sep 11, 2024 · Braveheart’s version of the battle left out two key elements: Wallace’s co-commander in battle and the eponymous bridge. Here’s what really happened in Stirling exactly 727 years ago.
