Until 1297 the heavily armed and mounted knight had been an invincible force on the battlefield. Stirling Bridge was the first battle in Europe to see a common army of spearmen defeat a feudal host.

Wallace was the younger son of a Scottish knight and minor landowner. His name, Wallace or le Waleis, means the Welshman, and he was probably descended from Richard Wallace who had followed the ...

Our Fitness Director travelled across the Highlands of Scotland to test himself against the historic Dinnie Stones ...

whether by battle or negotiation. It has been four months since the rising of William Wallace and Andrew Murray began. Near Stirling Castle he arrives at a narrow, wooden bridge which crosses The ...

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Mediaeval cleric Geoffrey Of Monmouth wrote that Arthur was taken there after his last battle at Camlann in 537 ... Scotland’s rebel hero William Wallace routed the English at Stirling Bridge in 1297, ...

A nobleman from Renfrewshire, William Wallace, led the struggle for Scottish independence from England, winning an important battle against the English at Stirling Bridge in 1297, but he was ...

Predating the William Wallace monument in Stirling by more than 50 years, the statue was sculpted from local sandstone by John Smith of Darnick. Wallace is depicted in medieval Scottish armour ...

CURRIE, N.C. (WECT) - Moores Creek National Battlefield is holding an anniversary celebration for the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. The 249th-anniversary event will begin on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 10 a ...

Prince William was back in the soccer stands on Wednesday, Jan. 29 — for a so-called "Battle of Britain." The future king went through the whole range of emotions as his team, Aston Villa took ...