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 ...

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 ...