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Feb 1, 2018 · In May 1297, He attacked the town of Lanark, killing the English sheriff, to avenge the death of Marion Braidfute of Lamington, (the woman who became his wife in the film). THE BATTLE OF STIRLING BRIDGE. Much blood was spilled up to, and after the famous Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
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When one pictures a Scot, the image typically depicted is one of a working-class, kilt-wearing ruffian playing bagpipes. If that were indeed true, then Braveheart has arguably the most realistic portrayal of Scots on film. Only it's not. A young Wallace and his family, in the film, are poor farmers living in a Highland glen. In actuality, Wallace w...
Women do not fare much better in the film. Wallace's wife Murron MacClannough (Catherine McCormack) is publicly executed in the film. That event did happen, and while it wasn't the catalyst of Wallace's vendetta against the English, it was the straw that broke the back. The indignity around the figure is that Murron wasn't even her name. Her real n...
The strength of Braveheart is in its depiction of the historicbattles between the Scottish and the English, appropriately grand and bloody in equal parts. But, yet again, another aspect of the film that plays fast and loose with the facts. The image of Wallace prepared for battle with blue woad face paint and a long sword is a striking image, but t...
Charged with treason, Wallace was sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. The film doesn't seem to hold back in detailing the gruesome execution, but the truth is the real execution was far, far worse than what appears on-screen. Four different horses, one per limb, dragged Wallace for miles to his execution. He was hanged almost to the point...
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Sep 22, 2021 · The English took a severe beating, there were fifty Englishmen either dead or badly wounded, but there were still enough left to force Wallace to retreat to Marion’s house. There Wallace’s men continued their resistance, but a decision was made to retreat to Cartland Crags and hide there.
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Oct 6, 2015 · Myth: Wallace is executed by being hung until semi conscious, stretched, then disembowelled and beheaded. His head is then sat on London Bridge and his arms and legs sent to Berwick, Newcastle ...
And death’s pale hand seal’d up her fainting eyes The description of Wallace’s reaction by Blind Harry, is detailed and full of vengeance: The murder of Marion Braidfute may have enraged Wallace enough to kill Heselrig. Or Heselrig may have instigated a murder or attack on someone else close to Wallace. Alternatively, Fisher states that evi-
The slaying of Marion Braidfute was immortalised in an epic poem by a 16th-century minstrel and was said to have been the reason for William Wallace’s passionate hatred of the English and his killing spree that culminated in the defeat of Edward I’s troops at Stirling Bridge in 1297.
Sep 9, 2005 · Wallace emerged from obscurity with the brutal murder of William Heselrig, the English sheriff of Lanark, in May 1297. Tradition ascribes this act to revenge for Heselrig’s treatment of Wallace’s lover, Marion Braidfute: the truth is more likely to be found in the political situation in Scotland.
