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William Tell, Swiss legendary hero who symbolized the struggle for political and individual freedom. The historical existence of Tell is disputed. According to popular legend, he was a peasant from Bürglen in the canton of Uri in the 13th and early 14th centuries who defied Austrian authority, was.
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According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albrecht Gessler, a tyrannical reeve of the Austrian dukes of the House of Habsburg positioned in Altdorf, in the canton of Uri.
Seven hundred years ago, William Tell shot an arrow through an apple on his son's head and launched the struggle for Swiss independence. Or did he?
Feb 16, 2022 · First mentioned in the White Book of Sarnen, a collection of manuscripts dating from 1470, he became a household name thanks to Friedrich von Schiller's play 'Wilhelm Tell'. This is the story of Switzerland's iconic hero who has been held up as the personification of bravery ever since.
May 29, 2018 · William Tell, a hero of Swiss folklore, became a symbol of Switzerland 's national pride and independence. He is best known for shooting an arrow through an apple sitting on his son's head. Tell's feat of archery supposedly took place around 1300, when Switzerland was under Austrian rule.
Jul 26, 2004 · Tell was a hunter, a family man and skilled with a crossbow. But not much else was known about the peasant until November 18, 1307. On that fateful day, Tell journeys the few kilometres from ...
William Tell was a legendary hero of disputed historical authenticity who is said to have lived in the Canton of Uri in Switzerland in the early fourteenth century. The myth symbolizes the struggle for political and individual freedom.
