Poor Mel Gibson, victim of an English world conspiracy

I once spent an entire afternoon editing the Wikipedia Braveheart page, listing the historical inaccuracies that Mel Gibson's film contained. These included William Wallace's impregnation of Edward II's bride Queen Isabella (she was primary school age when he died), the portrayal of Wallace as some earth-hugging noble savage (he was a Norman, just like his enemy Edward I), and the ridiculous alliance of the Irish and Scots in the film (Robert the Bruce's subsequent invasion o...

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