I need some help finding information on medieval Scotland.?

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I'm working on a history project in which we have to compare a historical movie to actual events and then state weather the movie is historically accurate or not. I ended up doing BraveHeart.

However I seem to be having trouble tracking down the information I need. I need information on medieval Scottish Weaponry, Medieval English Weaponry, medieval military tactics and commanding (For example the flags being used to order units around the battlefield in the movie), medieval English and Scottish clothes and armours and medieval medicine.

I really only need links to sites with the information. I don't need sites selling replica swords though, that's all I've been able to find thus far.

Kelly · Accepted Answer

There is currently a programme airing on British TV called A History Of Scotland that might be useful. One of the early episodes actually focuses on Braveheart and compares the film to the reality and gives some good historical context that you might find useful: http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/ You can watch the episodes online here and there are other resources and debates there too.

You could also try contacting the company that run this website: http://www.plantagenet-events.co.uk/ They do historical re-enactments at Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire, UK which is where Edward II was murdered (this happened not long after the action in Braveheart so I would expect that the weaponry, tactics etc would be similar) or this could be a good place to start too: http://www.skirmishmagazine.com/ You can order back issues so hopefully one of them covers your time period

Other good places to try might be the websites that go with medieval castles - I can only think of Warwick and Alnwick castles off the top of my head but there are bound to be more and they quite often have displays of historical artifacts like those you mention.

This page mentions medieval warfare - it focuses mainly on Wales so there may be some differences, but still mentions how the English of Edward I attacked Wales and there are some good suggestions at the bottom for further reading: http://www.castlewales.com/warfare.html

Anonymous · Answer

There is a lady called Fiona Watson at Stirling Uni who is an expert on such things.

Corey · Answer

www.electricscotland.com/history/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland 
medievalscotland.org/clothing/scotwomen.shtml
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland_in_the_High_Middle_Ages 
www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Highlander.htm
www.tartansauthority.com/Web/Site/...Dress/Weaponry.asp

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I need some help finding information on medieval Scotland.?

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