William Wallace
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Spontaneity of Stirling Bridge
There's a spontaneity there, isn't there? Which was lacking at fal. What happens is that edward's in flanders fighting over these regions. He actually signs a treaty with the french king so that he can come back and deal with this issue personally. The beauty of sterling bridgeis, because of the local geography, we know exactly where most of that battlefield is now under a rugby pitch folkirk. We've tried to hunt it down. There's just not enough evidence there,. some day might find archaeological finds that give us the key to locating it.
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