If you study history from Hollywood films, then you are doing it in vain. I'll give you one example. In the famous film "Braveheart" Robert the Bruce is shown as an indecisive, infantile young man. Moreover, the main rebel is Mel Gibson. I mean, William Wallace. In reality, everything was just the opposite.
The Wallace Rebellion is only a short-term episode of Bruce's long-term struggle for the crown of Gotham. I mean, Scotland. The modern royal family of England - and his descendants too.
On the way to his dream, Bruce befriended King Edward I of England many times, fought for him against his own, then unfriended him and befriended him again. As a result, it came to the point that he began to attack England itself. And at some point, he even captured Ireland with the goal of bringing "freedoooom!" there.
He is perfectly characterized by two episodes from his biography. One day he made an appointment with the head of the hostile Comyn clan. In the church. Well, so that the boys don't cut each other. Still, decent people are lords. However, word for word... Robert freaked out and stabbed John Comyn to death. Right there in the church. For which the grateful Scots crowned him in the same 1306.
True, he later had to flee to Rathlin Island off the west coast of Scotland. And this is not Corfu! Bruce did not like it there so much that he decided that it was better to die in battle with the British than to sit at such a resort. Soon he landed on the coast.
Again, judging by Hollywood, in the Middle Ages knights wore chain mail around the clock. Least. In reality, the armor was pressed on only immediately before the battle. In addition, Bruce, one day, didn't even have time. He rode out on a horse in front of the army. To clear his head after yesterday. And one English knight saw him and drove towards him with a spear at the ready. He wanted to distinguish herself and quickly end the war. Like Jaime Lannister on the Dragon Queen.
Robert was not taken aback. He took a hatchet from his belt, the only weapon that was at hand, and straight to the Englishman's forehead - bang! This made his fans very happy. Hero? Hero!
In the photo (top of the page), Robert the Bruce is watching the latest episode of "Game of Thrones".
Just in case: THE STORY, ALL NAMES, CHARACTERS, AND INCIDENTS PORTRAYED IN THIS PRODUCTION ARE FICTITIOUS!