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Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297-98 - William Wallace's Rebellion

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - Middle Ages (500 to 1500 A.D.)

Last Stocked on 9/3/2022

Product Info

Title
Stirling Bridge & Falkirk 1297-98 - William Wallace's Rebellion
Publisher
Category
Author
Pete Armstrong
Publish Year
2003
Pages
96
Dimensions
8x10x.25"
NKG Part #
2147397969
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM117
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM117

Description

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 an 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.