Stirling
Bridge & Falkirk 1297-98 by Pete Armstrong
The
death of the last of the Scottish royal house of Canmore in 1290 triggered
a succession crisis. Attempts to undermine Scottish independence by
King Edward I of England sparked open rebellion culminating in the English
defeat at the hands of William Wallace at Stirling Bridge in 1297.
Edward gathered an army, marched north and at Falkirk on 22 July 1298 he
brought Wallace's army to battle. Amid accusations of treachery,
Wallace's spearmen were slaughtered by Edward's longbowmen, then charged
by the English cavalry and almost annihilated. In 1305 Wallace was
captured and executed, but the flame of rebellion he had ignited could not
be extinguished.
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