The Hunt for William Wallace
Andrew Fisher asks who William Wallace really was, and why he has become an icon of Scottish resistance to the English.
Andrew Fisher asks who William Wallace really was, and why he has become an icon of Scottish resistance to the English.
Was Bruce as patriotic or as harmonious in his relationship with Wallace as the view of historical romance has handed down? Andrew Fisher investigates the meaning of patriotism in 14th-century Scotland and suggests the tradition needs revising.