The battle of Stirling bridge, First War of Scottish Independence 1297

The Scottish war of Independence was a conflict fought between the kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland as Edward the 1st of England sought to subjugate the kingdom.
After the Scots defeat at the battle of Dunbar Edward, the 1st of England or Longshanks now seeks to subjugate the Scots.
However, two men raise up to try and save Scotland from Longshanks.
Part two of a series of video's on the first war of Scottish independence and the History of Scotland.
#battle #documentary #history
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Sources-
Scotland's First War of Independence: A Chronicle of the Struggle Fought and Won by Wallace and Bruce
Freedoms Sword, Scotlands war of Independence.
The Wars of Independence- BBC Scotland
Historical environment Scotland.

[@Embracehistoria]

Well, this one was fun to edit. the original length was 20 minutes long. far too long.

[@orophersbanner5517]

You create fantastic content! Keep up the great work.

[@jarronsmith3733]

20 mins is not too long at all. Not when it’s good footage..

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

I'd have watched it. There's plenty of good, decent history content here that's 20 mins+, and few of it is as good as this.

[@SuperChalkster]

longer the better for me. i find it very interesting. i like history, but 20 years ago at school hated it and chucked the work on the floor, lol.

[@mrhumble2937]

20 min is fine.

[@MonsieurDean]

The Battle Of Sterlingrad.

[@kevwhufc8640]

Scottish lords spent more time arguing among themselves every time they faced the English. Divide and conquer tactics..

[@runrig5099]

The heart of scotland my home city

[@allingtonmarakan1436]

Because most of them owned lands in England and France which were areas controlled by the English Crown so their allegiance was split.

[@allingtonmarakan1436]

@Stevie Moore Tennant's is a brand of beer. I believe you meant Tenants. But yes, they were granted lands to control and tax on behalf of the crown.

[@kaudjar]

But yet we whooped your arse a belter, over and over again. The English lords were always arguing and backstabbing each other, just like the westminster peasants today

[@garkmr6200]

I found this nothing short of fascinating. World history is the best. Thanks for the education

[@philipaldred8417]

Berwick is pronounced 'Berrick', not 'ber-wick'. Just FYI

[@Jesusandbible]

aye and it's not "fish and chips", it's "fash an chaps".

[@scottwhitley3392]

Jesusandbible a chip supper with fish

[@deltanovember1672]

@@Jesusandbible Shut up.

[@phineascampbell3103]

It's like all words, isn't it? Pronounced differently by different people in different places. And before any might invoke it, I reject the claim of monopoly of correctness by virtue of residence at such and such a named thing. For those from elsewhere, there is a place of which they talk, known as... Which is as legitimate as any other understanding. That said, you're right, it's pronounced by me n many others, inc. locals, as berik. But I just never feel only one way of saying a name is correct.

[@lionelhutz5137]

Ed-in-burr

[@IRTG2006]

Great video, you just earned yourself a subscriber.

[@Embracehistoria]

Cheers pal

[@dylanfylan7427]

0:04 when you are obsessed with Rome/Roman history and couldn't wait to use a gladius but they hand you an axe to impale people with instead...

[@paulmoran7026]

Oh my god…. your pronunciation, shocking, and you’re clearly from Britain. I’m always amazed, in a sense, how many English butcher Scottish names, but that it’s not reciprocated.

[@unovasfinest2623]

@0:06 bro got stabbed with an axe

[@brap6557]

Great video my man!! I love the use of the 1212 AD mod. Earned yourself a loyal subscriber, I look forward to more vids of this quality 😁

[@Embracehistoria]

Awesome, thank you.

[@wn6694]

Im brian

[@TeamLNE]

Andrew Moray doesn’t get enough recognition! Our people picked Wallace to be the man, the myth and the Legend!

[@Embracehistoria]

I feel the same way about James Douglas.

[@TeamLNE]

@@Embracehistoria What’s ma f#cking name!!!

[@TeamLNE]

@Stevie Moore Well it depends on how you look at it. Does that mean every 'average joe' was a slave in medieval times across the world? You're correct in saying that nobles did own land, whether it's been given to them from a higher Lord/King or inherited it from family. When I said 'our people picked Wallace' it's a figure of speech. Hundreds if not thousands joined Wallace freely, he was a very minor noble who would normally go unnoticed, we shouldn't have heard about him at all and that's why individuals took up arms and supported Wallace. There was absolutely no obligation to join Wallace and as far as I'm aware Wallace did not force individuals to fight as this was a rebellion. The medieval period in Scotland is extremely interesting and over the hundreds of years history has been filtered and it can prove difficult at times to get the accurate picture as so many individuals have different opinions and interpretation of what happened back then. Its deep history indeed and I'm certainly not challenging you I'm merely pointing out that opinions are different and our outlook on medieval Scotland can also differ depending on what you choose to read and study.

[@TeamLNE]

@Stevie Moore Fear indeed was key. One thing I'm sure we can both agree on is screw living back then! Growing up I'd say how cool it must have been but when studying the topic and rapidly changed my mind. There's thousands of books on medieval Scotland and you form your own opinions and morals when reading what life was like. Dark and violent times indeed but it wasn't always like that, again this depends on who you speak with and what you read. Did you enjoy Outlaw King?

[@TeamLNE]

@Stevie Moore I'm god awful at explaining things mate and I'm even worse when I can't detect the mood of the conversation. My apologies if I came across as an arse, genuinely wasn't my intention. I loved Outlaw King. It was never going to be 100% accurate but I appreciated the attempt at least. Some seriously braw scenes in there but was left disappointed that Mackenzie cut the Wallace scene. I know there's zero evidence (that I'm aware) of the Bruce and Wallace ever meeting even though both men were alive at the same time. I'd love to see the original 4hr cut, wishful thinking sadly.

[@starkillerx2020]

lovely medieval 2 total war shots, thats one of my favourite games

[@jasonissel217]

I was just going to ask which of the total war games that was.

[@aguyinagreenhat6614]

Great video! However I must note that some of the pronunciation of Scottish place names and people is a little off!

[@chrisralph1798]

Excuse me but the bridge was much smaller than this. It was narrow and the English could only cross in 2 rows.

[@MonsieurDean]

You sunk my Scrabble Ship.

[@Embracehistoria]

B-16 bomber

[@jk28416]

'Berwick' is pronounced like 'Warwick', also I believe the correct pronunciation of Andrew Moray is Murray like John Comyn is Cumin. Due to medieval vowel shifts.

[@davidcullen4197]

‘His speech failed to rally the men” Am no surprised a widny feel especially battle ready after a speech given in that shocking Scottish accent. Love the vids + tw usage very clever

[@Embracehistoria]

My Scottish friend did that little bit. Oh dear.

[@dahlamoss8885]

Why is your intro a video of a Dude getting stabbed by an axe?

[@Embracehistoria]

It's just showing off the conflict and the axe was incredibly sharp.

[@charlesthepaperman]

"the problem with Scotland is that it's full of scots" 😆

[@scottwhitley3392]

Richard Graham calm down bud, I’m Scottish but longshanks is the best character in braveheart 😂

[@allingtonmarakan1436]

Interesting but the appalling pronunciation of Scottish names spoils it a bit. Not 'Moraaay' but much shorter 'Moray' for example. You even got 'Lanark' wrong which is unbelievable as it is such a simple word.

[@krimzonhunt7929]

It's just not a good time to be alive for either side. Idiots on one, weaklings on the other and whole bunch of cockiness and bad planning.

[@paulmoran7026]

It’s pronounced “Moray” not “Muh-Ray”….

[@kevwhufc8640]

I wouldn't want to charge into those long pikes , extra long compared to most.

[@c.gilliland8338]

Ether Lothrien? Scotland isn't middle earth

[@lionelhutz5137]

lol

[@crimsonchin9632]

​@@lionelhutz5137aka miguel sanchez?

[@lionelhutz5137]

@@crimsonchin9632 aka Dr. Nguyen Van Phuoc

[@crimsonchin9632]

@@lionelhutz5137 glad to receive the $8 I trust.

[@marksuckaberg8966]

In Braveheart at the Battle of Falkirk, King Edward refuses to use his archers and says "arrows cost money, the dead cost nothing". I feel like that's paying homage to the real Battle of Sterling. The English had 1,000 longbow against an army of mostly unshielded light infantry Scots. Why not just shoot at them? Ah, because Cressingham wanted to save money. Fat bastard became a belt for Wallace, a fitting end to an incompetent tightwad who didn't want to waste anything, and in the end the Scots made sure not to waste any bit of his flesh.

[@HarcusCGTV]

Mate, absolutely love your videos and binge watch them a lot, BUT please never try a Scottish accent again lol thats was terrible lol

[@phineascampbell3103]

Jesus that's a bloody big bridge in the video! I mean, it's huge, surely no bridge of the high middle ages was that vast?

[@yetzchaqeaton6888]

Correct, the original bridge could only accompany 2 horsemen at a time making it about 2 to 3 rows of troops crossing the bridge...

[@janfarkas8953]

Amazing video keep it up

[@Embracehistoria]

Thank you. I will :D

[@danielirl9252]

Was the wooden bridge at the forth in Alloa? I may be way off but im now just trying to learn about my countries history and just looking for answers

[@Z3AL316]

00:06 he used the axe like a sword lol

[@kevwhufc8640]

Why are Scottish English and French observers accounts of the battle all different from each other's . The French didn't use the info for propaganda and wasn't discovered until centuries after the battle, Even though the French had no love for the English the accounts seem simple logistics, numbers involved who moved against who , the outcome, nothing elaborate or fanciful, just simple facts , or at least more realistic than either Scottish or English. Irish didn't fight for Scotland, they hated each other , English did have Norman Irish (Anglo/ Irish )as some historians call them , fighting against the Scott's. The Scots were fierce fighters and very hardy people especially the Highlanders, who were the nearest thing to the ancient Celtic warriors who painted themselves with symbols using woad, a plant based dye used for clothing. The didn't paint themselves like Celts as depicted in braveheart, that was all mel Gibson's idea as anyone who watched his interviews about the movie will have seen, In one interview hes asked why they were shown painted with woad & why they wore tartan kilts which didn't exist for another few centuries, and Gibson obviously fed up about the unrealistic things in the movie just angrily replies why does everyone want to focus on the negative, the few inaccuracies instead of enjoying a great movie, The interviewer replied when making a movie about true historical events, especially when its something everyone in Britain especially Scotland is passionate & proud of ,gets taught & knows every detail about it, and then see a movie which is something completely different from the factual historical events, its natural people are going to ask why , why no bridge at the battle of sterling bridge, Why wearing tartan kilts, which didn't exist Show the Irish joining Wallace , which didn't happen, Portraying Wallace as a peasant when he was son of a knight and landowner. Sleeping with the French princess, who at the time was a toddler, Showing the king throwing gaviscon out of the castle window Which didn't happen, And........ It's a long list of errors, But most of the Scots are unhappy about not having the bridge Because Wallace was clever the way he used it to his advantage and won a famous victory, Without the bridge no victory would have been possible.

[@Jack-xy4fy]

Lots of incorrect stuff here. Wallace was portrayed with a blue dye because he was a pict Knight, picts are from the North and East coasts (Wallace being from the latter). My family are of pict and viking decent. You mentioned the Irish not fighting with the Scottish, that's not true. The gallowglass were a known unit from Ireland who fought as mercenarys within Scotland.

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@Jack-xy4fy if you're Scottish you should be asking were was sterling bridge, at thr battle of sterling bridge it wasn't mentioned let alone shown in the movie. The Vikings lived in the east coast side of Scotland, the early Irish ruled western Scotland, and the isle of man and everything within that sea region, long before the Wallace failed, Robert the Bruce WAS the real brave heart, he actually won Scottish independence from the English and it stayed Scottish until James 1st came from Scotland to join England and Scotland after Elizabeth 1st died without any children, James was her nephew, son of Mary queen of Scots. In 1602 Nothing to do with the Irish, I am Irish 🇨🇮

[@Jack-xy4fy]

@@kevwhufc8640 the vikings settled in the North, West and in Ireland. How can you say there wasn't any Irish when you just admitted the Irish already settled all over the west coast... Back then Scotland was split up into picts, celts, Scots and nords... The celts were very influential on Scottish history so it's pretty ridiculous to say there were no Irish/Scottish (celts) involved in that battle. I live in Stirling about 100 metres away from the battle of Bannockburn site.

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@Jack-xy4fy your right lots of incorrect information is in that movie, pretty much everything, the French princess was only a baby and had never left France , let alone have an affair with Wallace, Wallace wasn't a poor man who lived in a Scottish mud hut, because as you said he was a knight as was his father as well as a wealthy land owner, his portrait hangs in one of the Scottish castles ( his father I mean, painted well before young Wallace grew up and started the rebellion) Scottish didn't wear kilts because they didn't exist for another 400 or more years, neither did clan tartan, they didn't paint themselves in woad , that was a English Celtic thing that Caesar wrote about in mid 1st century bc , museums in England are full of Celtic woad grinders, all that stopped not long after the Romans invaded under the emperor Claudius, who managed to invade what became England almost a century after Caesar tried and failed twice. If you're Scottish you should know about the writer Scot who after the jacobite rebellion wrote ( around the 16th or 17th century ) about the Scottish wearing clan tartan kilts during Wallace time , he basically invented what the Scottish later became, a romantic writer who lied, the clan tartan didn't appear until after the Tudor era = 16th century . The original "tartan ' was something the original English Celtic people made , a thick woollen cloth which the Romans loved and traded back across the continent, along with hooded cloaks, one Roman emperor original name is almost forgotten because he loved and wore the English /British hooded cloak called a Caracalla , his actual name was ; *Lucius Septimius Bassianus * 198 -217 ad . Anymore information you need & I'd be happy to provide it .

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@Jack-xy4fy what era are you talking about ? The original Irish sea peoples ruled the whole west of what later became Scotland , as well as the north east of whst later became known as Ireland from the 600's ad until the time they assimilated during the late 10th century, The Highlanders of the north west never got along with the lowlanders until the Bruce United whst by then was known as Scotland, before then it was the picts , who were originally Irish , and other parts of the sea regions, earlier than those were the Scotti ( 3rd century) from what later became Ireland and northern Britain, Of all the British countries the Scottish are the most mixed race peoples of thd whole of all Britain .

[@Erokuson64]

Weren't Moray that guy, in the movie Braveheart, who abandoned Wallace at Falkirk and later Wallace killed him in on his bed with a ball and chain? Totally no justice in that portrayal!

[@lionelhutz5137]

Andrew de Moray wasn't depicted in _Braveheart_ , the character you're probably thinking of is that of the greedy, treacherous Scottish noble *Mornay*. Him and Lochlan got dealt with for their treachery. Also Braveheart was not historically accurate at all.

[@FilmakerGamerJonttu]

@@lionelhutz5137 ah yeah. Been awhile I saw that movie and their names sound the same to my ears. My mistake! xD

[@jarronsmith3733]

Great video I seen you are inspired by certain other you-tubers! That’s awesome!! They only thing I suggest is making actual unit icons on them like K&Gs just for people that are not militarily educated. And I personally think it gives the whole thing a better look!! Keep up the Great Work!!!

[@Embracehistoria]

Thanks for the tip

[@nimitz1739]

I heard the bridge was so narrow that only two knight on horseback could cross side by side at a time. Not as big as 9:34

[@buttman7830]

which one is Mel Gibson

[@tammyl3726]

Channeled Wallace once. Last year. Channeling today. Still looking for all the messages. Telepathic

[@lionelhutz5137]

Uh, yeah, good luck with that.

[@lucagaming9592]

*Im Brian*

[@Z3AL316]

Ahh William Wallace, my other favorite Scottish knight next to James the black Douglas, I don’t like one better then the other there about the same for me, but there definitely my two favorite

[@big.cheese.007]

Great Scottish accent 🤣🤣

[@js9785]

I enjoyed everything except your pronunciation of rebellion (rebaallion!?)

[@Embracehistoria]

It might be my accent because it sounds right to me, never mind, I'm glad you enjoyed the video anyway.

[@js9785]

@@Embracehistoria I did, thanks (and good job!)

[@kimsey0000]

I enjoyed everything in this video, except for your existence, JS

[@mrhumble2937]

Why did Braveheart try to make the Bruce look so bad?

[@sullieking]

Good stuff man

[@MonMccool123]

Awesome video!

[@Embracehistoria]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

[@paulaburns3362]

Nice vid

[@TheUltimateGoku]

*IM**BRIAN*

[@owen5907]

I’m brian

[@aa1944-k2r]

the bridge is ridiculously wide in the video

[@HCarvalhinho]

What game did you use for the scenario?

[@Cba409]

You had me with the perfect scottish accent

[@Embracehistoria]

Thank my Scottish friend for that.

[@HarcusCGTV]

perfect?

[@lemigod4475]

The date was 9-11,let than sink in.

[@TheLoyalOfficer]

Did the Scots wear those yellow jacks?

[@kristofantal8801]

The jack - called gambesone - was worn yes (basic armor), and some were yellow, but obviously not all of them were yellow. It's just in the game.

[@hx77ington]

William Wallace killed someone in Dundee did he no?

[@joanignace8684]

Amazing show fr

[@Will-ux1dg]

Murray was just as much a hero as Wallace was. He is so underrated and a hero of a free a free Scotland.

[@alejandrosantander3957]

Im brian

[@Dishfire101]

England Kings were battered by the Normans in 1066 there was no English invasion as the English were wiped out it was a Norman invasion😂

[@hansfabri6906]

Awesome, man

[@dedicated.theemperorschamp6571]

Robert the bruce was a black man

[@daragildea7434]

Are ye takin' th' pish mon?

[@mhansen111]

Uh...that bridge is NO WHERE near that big. Useless.

[@dylanfry7978]

I thought Moray betrayed Wallace?

[@lionelhutz5137]

No, he died 2 months after the battle.

[@crimsonchin9632]

Where does this stuff come from? Braveheart is fiction and Andrew Moray isn't featured in the film..

[@dylanfry7978]

@@crimsonchin9632 it’s based on a true story and many of the characters in the film were real.

[@crimsonchin9632]

@@dylanfry7978 mate that would be like having a film where Neil Armstrong landed on the Moon and shook hands with Charles Darwin and the Duke of Wellington, I mean there were all real characters right? And there was a Moon landing right? So it's based on a true story 😏

[@610vatorspeed7]

Only people who unliked this are englishmen lmfao loose my Scottish roots

[@610vatorspeed7]

Love

[@tylermurray2172]

lanark not lannnnark lol

[@mirola73]

Don't try an accent if you haven't been born with it.

[@the_smiler5670]

Is this raid shadow legends can I get a sponsor

[@Embracehistoria]

No, this is Patrick.

[@the_smiler5670]

No your an imposter I'm Patrick

[@the_smiler5670]

@@Embracehistoria also also we used your video in history

[@Embracehistoria]

Hopefully the video helped, if you'd like to do some further reading on the subject, the sources I use are always in the description tab.

[@the_smiler5670]

@@Embracehistoria thanks it did help more than my teacher did ☺️

[@kevwhufc8640]

Why did England even want Scotland ?

[@allingtonmarakan1436]

Sheer greed. Scotland was and still is a very wealthy nation.

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@allingtonmarakan1436 until the Scottish king James 1st United England and Scotland , Scotland was independent for much longer than it was part of England. I lived in Glasgow with a girl for a while, I've visited loads, it's a beautiful country, the rural areas of the British isles are beautiful, Just big cities like London, Manchester, Birmingham .. not so good.

[@allingtonmarakan1436]

@@kevwhufc8640 Cheers Kevin.

[@daragildea7434]

@@kevwhufc8640 Scotland has NEVER been "part of England".

[@kevwhufc8640]

@@daragildea7434 it is part of Britain , England is England Scotland is Scotland and together its Britain, theres no separate country called Britain, I'm English , but the island is called Britain. What makes you think Scotland is separate? Britain only has one prime minister , Even though Scotland and Wales have their own kinda parliament, if you call it that , but the main place is in Westminster in London, Scotland had a vote for independence and majority wanted to remain part of Britain.. duh

[@martindevlin7664]

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