Bruce isn't an historian, he's just a very naughty boy😜

''a very naughty ''storyteller?

@@ScotlandHistoryTours Historians aspire to educate; Bruce has been an educator for years - and he still is.

Im just glad his name is Bruce. It could have been confusing if he wasn't named Bruce.

Love this channel, and as far as I know I don't have a lick of Scott in me, but love the rebellious history

Living in Moray there is pleanty mention of him, but it makes sense that Wallace and Bruce (both lowlanders) are more recognised given that most of Scotland's population is in the lowlands.

I think it's better than when I was a lad, though teaching Scottish history is probably perceived to be political in this day and age

Chiming in from New Zealand to say CAN RELATE

We're no here tae mess aboot

That gave me a giggle anaw 😂

@@ScotlandHistoryTours ​ "We're no here tae mess aboot" - That should be on a t-shirt in your merch shop.

@@mitchmazerolle3168 I'd buy one!

😆😅🤣 Dunnae fess y'self Lass!!! (Don't worry), I'm a MacKenzie and it just clicked for me too!!! Moray- Murray!

And now I know how to pronounce Moray and that’s a big deal.

Good point

Read the books of Edith Pargetter or also known as Ellis Peters. The heaven tree trilogy. The princes of Gwynned. A bloody field by Shrewsbury. Very wel written with a slight bias fir the welsh. The Cadfael chronicles

Did u guys get fkd by the english too?

Thanks man. Loads more videos on here

Same here.

Huge thanks

Andrew de Moray was one of the first scottish nobles who supported Wallaces battle for independence.

Ah thanks

an ancestor of De Moray here too .... Slainte

and an ancestor of Lord George Murray who was a battle leader through tha Jacobite wars and Culloden

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Yes, I read his Robert the Bruce one

Can I ask a serious question? As a Yank, and someone with somewhat of a nihilistic outlook on humanities actions & behavior as a large group, I usually have the view, similar to Doug Stanhope in his Comedy bit about patriotism (I recommend looking it up on YT if you haven't seen it) Like Yanks will brag all patriotic to the English "We Kicked your a$$ after 1776 and sent you home crying".......When in reality "WE" didn't do anything. WE weren't alive then, we weren't marching with Washington or crossing the Delaware with him. Same applies with technologcal advancement. WE weren't the people who invented x, y, z just because someone from within our borders, within the past did. So it always seemed like patriotism is a tool to use on the population to evoke emotional responses and get them to behave the way leaders want them too. So, whether it's modern politicians or medieval nobles, I always held the view they use commoners and the poor (using rhetoric be it religion, patriotism, etc) to fight for the elite. who often did little for the commoners except exploit them as Nobles own the land, have the power, etc. That their having people fight for the nobles self Interest and maintain the nobles wealth, land, and power. and as the saying goes "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss". After the revolutionary war, the first thing the founders did was limit who was a citizen and who could vote (i.e. who had the power) then start taxing the common citizens with the very taxes on products they supposedly hated the British for taxing and started a war over. Causing the commoners to revolt in different areas. Like revolts over the whiskey taxes, etc So, it just always seemed to me that "patriotism" is just a way for the rich and powerful (be they modern politicians & billionaires or medieval Nobles or Roman Emperors & senators) to rile up the emotions of the common folk, to fight and protect the interest of those in power and with wealth. am I wrong?

@@masstv9052 ok, I'll bite. Depends on your patriotism. Is it to the country, government, or the ideals and principles of the declaration of independence and the constitution. An appeal to patriotism is one of many clever traps we citizens can be fooled with.

I’ve got to say this is not true as I learned this recently in school and my history teacher was a large advocate for Murray

​@masstv9052 It wasn't so much the taxation that riled the colonist into rebellion for independence and self rule, it was the taxation without representation. When you are ruled and taxed by a government who does not even consider you a citizen but a subject, a government who makes decisions and laws without your input and consideration, purely for their own profit and welfare, and not yours in the slightest... it is tyranny.... NOT a government for, of, and by the people. These were, and are still, some of the same greviences put forth that drove the reestablishment of the current Scottish parliament and still drive the push for Scottish independence.

Exactly

Cheers Gert

Huge thanks

Aye it's coming

Ah brilliant Nick

My pleasure!

Thanks

Thanks Michael

That's why I do them😊

Thank you, Please spread the word

Very welcome

You should see how I murdered Cawdor😂

Glad it was helpful!

Awesome! Thank you!

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Thanks man. Tell everyone you know😁😎

You're welcome

Very true

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Every day's a school day

Aye, no as daft as I look 👀 eh?

Scotland History Tours live the videos definitely didn’t think you were as green as to were cabbage looking as ma granny would say🧐

I'm not an historian though. I'm just a guy down the pub

Next time!

Cheers. Spread the word😘

@@ScotlandHistoryTours I will spread the word, Bruce

Righting the wrongs Andrew

Aha, I lured you into my trap! 😈 Folk often ask what I say at the end, so I made a shop with mugs, T-shirts and hoodies like this. There's a translation on each product page. See what I did? You'll get it at teespring.com/stores/scotland-history-tours

The sword in the tower (Wallace monument) is made from at least two and possibly three sword blades welded together badly - that's why it looks dented (and the hilt was replaced in the 16th century). Part of it might have belonged to Wallace ... or possibly not.

@@Nastyswimmer Thanks!

Interesting James Scobie

Aye that puts a strain on the transport and accommodation budget right enough

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Aha, that's how I lure you into my shop. There's a translation on product pages for the mugs and T-shirts at www.scotlandhistorytours.co.uk/shop

@@ScotlandHistoryTours it worked and I wrote up my shopping list. Thank you.