In this article, Fiona Watson discusses the main points and the errata in the series The Outlaw King, about Robert I’s accession and reign. It deals with issues such as Robert I’s lineage, Wallace’s execution, the killing of Comyn and his encounter with Edward II at Bannockburn, although the latter wasn’t active at Loudoun Hill in early 1307, as the programme states.

At least, as she concludes, it is more accurate than Braveheart.


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  1. “More accurate than Braveheart,” that’s a low bar! 😄

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  2. Not that it takes a lot to be more accurate than Braveheart.

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  3. Blimy, Disney’s Robin Hood with the animals was more accurate than Braveheart!

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  4. […] previous year, where Sir Andrew Moray was mortally wounded, formed a significant scene in the film Braveheart. Mel Gibson, as Wallace, was accompanied by a few thousand troops in tartan and woad but at least […]

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