![]() ![]() He wins Stirling (bridge) in the way it seems all movie heroes win battles, send the cavalry around the back of the completely oblivious enemy, in reality he ambushed the English force when only part had crossed the bridge and was able to defeat a smaller portion of their army denying the English passage. ![]() We wanted to show the different sides to the two different types of bagpipes, the small bagpipes have a gentler sound. This was the famous tactic of the Scots in this period to counter the English cavalry. Chris Boltendahl: For sure, we used a percussion section from France, called Les Tambour Du Bronx they play on oil barrels, Irish small bagpipes called Uilleann, and the Great Highland bagpipe. There is a weird scene where Wallace "invents" the pike in the late 13th century as a counter to heavy cavalry, I imagine the movie's nod to the Shiltron a Scottish version of the spear/shield wall which sometimes came in the form of a circle with all spears pointed outward. As for bagpipes I don't think we're sure if they even would have been around back then, this is before the first solid records we have of them. #WALLACE THE BRAVE BAGPIPE FULL#I would argue Robert the Bruce would be the more interesting character, and the movie did him a great disservice.Īs for smaller details, in the movie Wallace famously wears woad paint associated with ancient Picts, a kilt which would not be worn for another 200 years, and a massive Claymore which is heavily associated with him outside the movie but likely inaccurate as it was about half a century before men would be wearing full plate and thus abandoning shields and one handed weapons for big two handed ones. Those are essentially the accomplishments that lead to him being a hero, I guess you can judge them for yourself. ![]() He was captured (not in battle) and brutally executed by the English and his head displayed on a spike a la Game of Thrones. Several men briefly held this post, his own term was from 1297-98. Following his early victory at Stirling Bridge he was named "Guardian of Scotland", the head of state while the country had no king. In reality that happened centuries later beginning with a personal union under the (more) Scottish King James I & VI in 1603 and was completed with the Acts of Union in 1707.ĭetails about Wallace's life before his rebellion and indeed outside of major engagements are iffy, almost all of that would be pure speculation on the part of the movie, especially the part where he bangs the English princess and all subsequent English monarchs are descended from him.Īs for his legend, Wallace and Moray were the first to rebel when Edward claimed lordship over Scotland. The movie makes it seem as if the battle is lost and that's how Scotland became part of the UK. The most egregious innacuracy would be that Robert the Bruce was actually a competent general and won the Battle of Bannockburn, I imagine one of the most famous victories in Scottish history, to secure Scottish independence. ![]()
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