William Wallace Archive
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The Hundred Years Wars: Not One but Many
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsIn fact, the Hundred Years War was not fought only during the period 1337-1453, the most commonly given dates, nor was it fought only by England and France. -
The man who lost at Stirling Bridge
Posted on January 19, 2013 | No CommentsThe Battle of Stirling Bridge, fought on September 11, 1297, is remembered as one Scotland's greatest military victories and the high point in the career of William Wallace. A new article now explores the other side of that battle, seeking to understand how the English lost that day. -
Spectacularizing Justice in Late Medieval England
Posted on November 28, 2012 | No CommentsI use the word ritual because in cases of treachery use of a general ‘script’ as ordered by these two accounts emerges with surprising frequency in England in the late 13th and early 14th century. -
“We will drain our dearest veins, but we shall be free!”: The Legend and Legacy of Sir William Wallace, Warrior, Martyr, and National Icon
Posted on September 19, 2012 | No CommentsIn the 700 years since his death at the hands of the English, the famed Scot has served as a martyr-like icon for every generation, a pillar of remembrance to the ferocity and persistence of Scotland’s seemingly eternal fight for independence. -
The verity of facts depicted in Braveheart (PRAVDIVOSŤ HISTORICKÝCH FAKTOV VO FILME STATOČNÉ SRDCE)
Posted on July 15, 2012 | No CommentsSo our basic aim was to bring only true facts about the life of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce and the Scottish War of Independence, to compare all these facts with the film version and to enlight the mind of readers and film spectators. -
Bruce, Balliol and the lordship of Galloway: south-western Scotland and the Wars of Independence
Posted on July 3, 2012 | No CommentsOvershadowed by the better documented and more closely studied Bruce campaigns in the north east, the savage civil war which convulsed the lordship between 1306 and 1314, and again from 1332 to 1356, is a neglected area of potentially great value, as it stemmed from a failure of Bruce policies. -
William Wallace’s Invasion of Northern England in 1297
Posted on August 30, 2010 | No CommentsIn the winter of 1297 William Wallace, fresh from his victory over the English at Stirling Bridge, presided over a ferocious and prolonged devastation of northern England.
