William Wallace in a Minute #shorts

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[jacoblind]

“Took some creative liberties”. That’s the understatement of the year.

[AKAZA-kqjd]

And the inspiration to the real Braveheart king Robert the Bruce.

[elliott]

Describing braveheart as taking historical liberties is a bit mild. It made it look like Scottish people lived in the Stone Age by comparison to England. Scotland was a typical Western European country technologically and it’s armies would have been similarly equipped as any other, not looking like face painted Picts from Roman times. While not perfect outlaw king depicts the period a lot better.

[Warewolfgirl]

Funny thing is, he never made an oath to England or the King so he never actually committed treason.

[adamtheninjasmith]

A while back my aunts did a whole family tree/genealogy thing on my mom's side. Apparently my grandfather (who if you look at you'd say yep you're scottish) can trace his lineage all the way back to the same period.12 century Scotland. It's always blown my mind.

[Socal_Geo]

The victory at Sterling Bridge was actually led by TWO MEN: William Wallace and Andrew de Moray, both men simultaneously held the same title in Scotland. The highest title, co-Guardians of the Kingdom of Scotland and Leaders of its Armies, who together defeated the English forces. The movie combined both leaders into one character, which made the story easier to understand, however it’s important historically to note that the family of De Moray who in the next generation were officially renamed and thus became the first ‘Murray’s’ who became ‘Clan Murray’ which is a very famous Scottish family (like actor, Bill Murray, or tennis player Andy Murrey).

Thirty years after the death of Andrew de Moray, his son, Andrew Murray of Bothwell, also held the same highest title and became ‘the Guardian of Scotland’ in 1332. His descendants went on to become powerful nobles for many centuries afterward. Like most Scottish clans they’re credited with tons of inventions, and the last name is famous around the world. And in a lot of ways the Scotts are more like the more recent version of the ancient Greeks, people in the middle of nowhere inventing a bunch of cool stuff and kicking everyones ass in war. Haha

[johnhammond]

He was actually a diplomat for a bit before coming back to Scotland

[drunkengamer]

Useless trivia Wallace County in Texas is named after one of his descendants who helped save a town from Indians according to a film I watched about the Alamo.

[ckdub]

Can feel the enthusiasm from the narrator 😂

[mygoodlord]

And look how the scots of modern day have let him down. Shame.

[JimyBobRBX]

What’s crazy is I am directly related to William Wallace.

[zaxbitterzen]

He was also legendary for being an absolute brute and brigand. He was not a nice man even for that time.

[nigelyorkshiremanwadeley]

If we don't know much about him he must have been a strong black woman...

[salaheen]

So... William Wallace was 80 years old at the battle of Sterling Bridge?😂

[samwill]

He wasn't actually an Australian antisemite

[Rickyboy]

I'm actually related to William Wallace and I'm proud to be his descendant

[welshman]

Braveheart taking historical liberty's is one of the biggest understatements ever spoken the film is a crock of shit historically speaking

[Wise__guy]

It’s funny how talk about past act of resistance in glorious ways. however acts of resistance happening today, well we know where you stand.

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[animegaming]

I thought William Wallace was a myth, much like Achilles, where they are only mentioned in a poem? Same thing where, not much is known about them but are this amazing figure…