How & Where Was William Wallace executed?
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There he was declared a traitor to the English king – despite being a Scot! In fact, his trial at Westminster Hall wasn't really a trial at all. There was no jury or opportunity for Wallace to defend himself and he knew all too well what was coming next he was sentenced to be hung, drawn and quartered the same day of his trial on August 5th of 1305. At which point, he'd been a thorn in the side of England’s King Edward I for years.
The great Scottish freedom fighter was captured in Glasgow in Scotland, carried to Dumbarton Castle, and finally brought to London a few weeks before his execution. The depiction shown in Braveheart is the Hollywood version, of course, but what did they really do to William Wallace on that fateful day? Well, it was far less Hollywood - but much more brutal and horrifying. 'A thorn in the side of the invading English King'. Perhaps no surprise Braveheart won Mel Gibson five Oscars, including Best Picture, but how historically correct is it? The Trial & Execution of William Wallace The crowd looks stunned and the great axe descends, the movie’s stirring soundtrack swells to a climax. “Freedom!” he shouts, defiant to the end.
Wallace is then urged to beg for mercy to bring his torture to an end and hasten his inevitable death. If you've seen Braveheart, you’ll remember the classic scene where a blood-strewn William Wallace – aka Mel Gibson – is spreadeagled on the execution scaffold as a grubby medieval crowd look on in horror.
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