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Travel back to 1297 as William Wallace leads a fierce resistance against Edward Longshanks’ forces in the Battle of Stirling ...
Edinburgh is one of the most visited cities in the United Kingdom–deservedly so, but not without side effects. Those who long ...
One of Scotland's most impressive buildings, Stirling Castle, has a long and illustrious history. Perched upon Castle Hill, in front of the imposing Stùc a' Chròin and Ben Vorlich mountains, it ...
It has stood the test of time against the many battles that were waged by the likes of William Wallace in 1297 and Robert the Bruce. The Scottish monarchy once resided there and it was also a ...
MEDIEVAL letters relating to William Wallace and Robert the Bruce are to be exhibited together for the first time.
A school less than a mile from Stirling Castle asked pupils to discuss whether William Wallace was a freedom fighter – or a terrorist. Bannockburn High School handed S2 pupils a list of ...
William Wallace’s iconic reputation was forged at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. 'The Battle of Stirling Bridge' (c. 1880). | Print Collector/GettyImages On September 11, 1297, Wallace and ...
And perhaps the memorial Wallace himself would favour is to be found a dozen miles from Stirling, at Bannockburn, where in 1314, Robert the Bruce won the long-awaited independence for Scotland.
The exhibition opens at Stirling Castle on 3 May and will run until June. The letter from King Philip IV is penned to his agents in Rome, commanding them to ask Pope Boniface VIII to support Wallace.
The letters are on show at Stirling Castle to celebrate 700 years on from the battle of Bannockburn Rare medieval letters concerning Robert the Bruce and William Wallace are to go on display ...