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.

Braveheart, Mel Gibson’s 1995 film about William Wallace ... Braveheart’s version of the battle left out two key elements: ...

Seven months after the Battle of Stirling Bridge ... One of those people was a man called William Wallace. We don't know much about Wallace's early life but in 1297, he is reported to have ...

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 ...