In a meeting with his nobles, Edward I is seen discussing how to appease the Scots, and he toys with the idea of granting the English lords the right to sleep with serf women on their weeding night. Later on, when Willia… See more

Isabella of France, the beautiful wife of Edward’s son, a caged bird and deeply in love with the attractive William Wallace, with whom she has an affair, and conceives a child, the future Edward III of England. Everything … See more

Classic Hollywood approach. The protagonist arouses his men with an epic speech, for epic it was, they charge, and the enemy, seeing their determination of steel, flee for their lives. In reality the Battle of Stirling B… See more

In Braveheart, William Wallace and his mates smear their faces in blue, trying to appear fearsome in battle. Although it is not historically inaccurate that in some cultures, warriors painted their faces before battle, in Scotland, o… See more