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media type="custom" key="19160700" Professor Zepe is going to talk about the life of a Scottish knight in the Middle Ages.
 * The life of a Scottish Knight - William Wallace (Bradley, Isaac, Luke)**

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__** William Wallace **__ also known as **Braveheart** was a freedom fighter and **Scottish knight** who fought the king of England, Edward 1st in the Middle Ages. H e was born in 1272, **Paisley,** in **Renfrew**, Scotland**.** Wallace's father died while he was very young and he went to live and be educated by his uncle. He learned how to fight with swords, ride horses and to speak different languages during this period. He returned to his village when he was sixteen years old. He fell in love and married a girl he knew when he was a boy. At this time, all of Scotland was under English control, Wallace's wife was excecuted by the English which made Wallace so angry he started his rebellion against the English Rule. He believed in freedom for Scotland and for all its people and he stood by it. He participated in a lot of wars and battles and he won a lot of them.The battle of Sterling on 11th September 1297, was one of his most famous victories. It was the first War of Scottish Independence. He reunited Scotland and Ireland to fight the English on this occasion. He used spears twice as long as a man to kill the English horsemen and then his archers on the hills to kill the foot soldiers.

After an agreement with the Scottish noblemen and the King of England, he was given to the English soldiers on 5th August 1305. He was taken to London to be judged. After the trial, on 23rd August, 1305, Wallace was taken from the prison, stripped naked and dragged attached to a horse through the city to the Elms at Smithfield. He was hanged, drawn and quartered. He was strangled by hanging but released while he was still alive, his body cut open, and his bowels burnt before him. Then he was beheaded, and his body cut into four parts. The parts were then sent to the four corners of Scotland as a warning to others who wanted freedom and his head was put on a pole and left in the streets of London for everyone to see. William Wallace fought and died for his dream of freedom for his country. He was said to be two metres tall and incredibly strong and intelligent. He was a master swordsman and horseman and was also said to be extraordinarly handsome. We think he was the most heroic person of this era because he died trying to save his people and country.

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