Until 1297 the heavily armed and mounted knight had been an invincible force on the battlefield. Stirling Bridge was the first battle in Europe to see a common army of spearmen defeat a feudal host.

So we have to ask, was William Wallace really as significant as this monument makes out? My next source is held in Edinburgh, at the National Library of Scotland. This particular source is a poem ...

Emergency repairs have been carried out on a statue of William Wallace to restore his claymore to its full glory. The 9.4m (31ft) statue of the Scottish freedom fighter near Dryburgh was erected ...

So we have to ask, was William Wallace really as significant as this monument makes out? My next source is held in Edinburgh, at the National Library of Scotland. This particular source is a poem ...