Is the film “Braveheart” widely inaccurate about the life of William Wallace?
Strange that you ask this question NOW – – – – when it was released Mel Gibson was GOD, major Universities changed their criterion to support the Film, people who said that the film was just a teeny tiny bit inaccurate were lynched in public – – – – seriously! But now it is almost safe to say that Braveheart is severely inaccurate and in all the wrong ways. The issues between England and Scotland were accually more complex and more interesting than the movies and the personalities involved were a whole lot more intriguing. The gross simplifications and cartoonish chracters were so sad. Until it gets clipped here is a site and a list of the mangled facts. http://www.scottishhistory.com/articles/… The film begins in 1276 with the meeting of Scots noblemen in a barn to decide on who should be king. They are then hung by Edward I. Scotland is in perpetual war with England. In 1276, Alexander I
