Braveheart, Mel Gibson’s 1995 film about William Wallace, is notoriously riddled with inaccuracies, from the imagined blue face paint donned by the Scottish warrior to the anachronistic tartan ...

For the Scots, William Wallace was an exemplar of unbending commitment to Scotland's independence who died a martyr to the cause. For centuries after its publication, Blind Harry's 15th–century ...

The story of Scotland's famous clans has always captured ... But as much as the lure of legendary figures like Robert the Bruce and William Wallace has captivated many, not every visitor can ...

Edward I offered a generous ransom to anyone who killed or captured William Wallace. Wallace was eventually betrayed and captured near Glasgow in 1305. He was charged with treason, which he denied ...

000 Scottish nobles to swear they would be loyal to him. Some Scots refused to see Edward as their king and fought back. One of those people was a man called William Wallace. We don't know much ...

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