Much has been made of the historical inaccuracies in Randall Wallace's screenplay for the award-winning film "Braveheart." There are, in fact, only a handful of reliable events recorded about William Wallace ... Continue reading ...
Blind Harry's Wallace has been one of the most popular works of historical literature in Scotland and was one of the first books to be printed there, c. 1508, by Chepman and Myllar, Edinburgh. Several editions and versions have been published over the course of the next four centuries Continue reading ...
The version of Blind Harry's Wallace presented on this site is The Life and Heroick Actions of the Renoun'd Sir William Wallace, General and Governour of Scotland, by William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, first published by William Duncan, Glasgow, in 1722, last issued in 1859. The original spelling and capitalization has been retained; quotation marks and paragraph breaks have been inserted for ease of comprehension. Continue reading ...
The ballad begins with a stanza about the Scots and their gallantry in defending their nation against the Picts, Danes and Saxons. William Wallace's family background is then given, followed by a brief summary of his patriotic attributes. Wallace's father, Malcolm, was "of honourable and true Scottish blood;" ... Continue reading ...
The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland fought dozens of battles with each other. They fought typically over land, particularly Berwick-Upon-Tweed, and the Anglo-Scottish border frequently changed as a result. Read more at Wikipedia.
The First War of Scottish Independence was the initial chapter of engagements in a series of warring periods between English and Scottish forces lasting from the invasion by England in 1296 ... Read more at Wikipedia.
Edward I (1239-1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307. Read more at Wikipedia.