Editing Braveheart (section)

=== Wallace's military campaign ===
"MacGregors from the next [[glen]]" joining Wallace shortly after the [[action at Lanark]] is dubious, since it is questionable whether [[Clan Gregor]] existed at that stage, and when they did emerge their traditional home was [[Glen Orchy]], some distance from Lanark.<ref>{{cite book|author=Way, George|author2=Squire, Romily|name-list-style=amp|title= Collins Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia|date= 1994|pages= 220–221}}</ref>

Wallace did win an important victory at the [[Battle of Stirling Bridge]], but the version in ''Braveheart'' is highly inaccurate, as it has no bridge (or [[Andrew Moray]], joint commander of the Scots army, who was fatally injured in the battle). Later, Wallace did carry out a large-scale raid into the north of England, but he did not get as far south as York, nor did he kill Edward I's nephew.<ref>Traquair pp. 77–79</ref>

The "Irish conscripts" at the [[Battle of Falkirk]] are unhistorical; there were no Irish troops at Falkirk (although many of the English army were, in fact, [[Welsh people|Welsh]]).<ref>Traquair pp. 81–84</ref>

The two-handed long swords used by Gibson in the film were not in wide use in the period. A one-handed sword and shield would have been more accurate and more efficient, since in the enemy army there were a lot of archers.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Matt|first1=Easton|title=Two-handed swords in Ironclad, Braveheart, Robin Hood & Kingdom of Heaven|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA4TxBZEOR8|website=YouTube|date=September 22, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2016|archive-date=June 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630022819/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA4TxBZEOR8|url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=March 2021}}