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Originally posted by Tuggers1986
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Here's an actual historical event that really did happen, the movie didn't show:
William Wallace, while invading, then pillaging and raping Northern England in 1297, came upon a church where some 70 English schoolboys were hiding. He ordered it burned, with the boys still inside. These children died a horrible death...
Historical facts:
- England never occupied Scotland when Wallace was a boy - they never killed his father. There never was a cruel occupation where they took the Scottish women for themselves in the 1290's.
- Wallace never captured York or any other castle in Northern England, although he did briefly invade.
- The battle of Stirling Bridge was the only one Wallace ever won. It was very different than the battle in the field shown in the movie - in reality, a small English force was overcome when they were divided by being halfway across a bridge.
- In the Battle of Falkirk, there were no Irishmen involved, although they were involved in other battles, willingly on the English side! The Irish generally liked Edward I, because they took their religion very seriously at that time, and Edward was a devout Roman Catholic, like most Irishmen. The Irish vs. English animosity began centuries later, when Protestant settlers arrived in Ireland. Edward was a good king who never ordered his men to fire arrows on their countrymen, as was shown in the movie.
- Edward I was one of history's greatest warriors. He didn't have a cough, and was a devout Catholic who led a crusade, not a pagan! The English never lost a battle when he led. He never pushed his son's friend out of a window (his son was a young boy in 1297, not a young man). Edward I was an amazing man: at the age of 67 in 1303, he led an assault on Stirling Castle, the last Scottish stronghold. His horse was killed by an arrow in that battle, the old king fell to the ground but wasn't hurt.
William Wallace was ruthless - Edward I was a great king and a good man, and was a hundred times better warrior than the Scotsman.
And I hope Amir Khan KOs William Limond today!
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