This article was corrected on 30 August 2012 because the original standfirst said pedalled, when it should have said peddled. Richard Oram is a Professor of Medieval and Environmental History at the University of Stirling. It's said that she and her ladies appeared on the battlements, dusting the places where the enemies' stones had fallen – though that particular story may be as apocryphal as the events in this film. There's Euphemia, a countess of Ross in her own right in the 14th century, and Agnes Randolph, Countess of Dunbar, who defended Dunbar Castle during the 1330s.

Bennett and Sid Tepper (who wrote songs for Elvis). The fact that the film has a strong woman at its centre may actually be quite accurate: we know very little about women in medieval Scotland, but those we do know about seem to have been pretty feisty. 'Scotland The Brave' is also known as 'Brave Scotland,' 'My Bonnie Lass,' My Bonnie Lassie' (with alternative lyrics) and as 'Scotland Forever.' 'My Bonnie Lassie' was actually penned by two American songwriters Roy C. It's also highly unlikely there were bears in medieval times: we think they became extinct in Scotland in the prehistoric period.

It is one of several songs often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (others being.

That ties in with the view peddled abroad since Queen Victoria: that of a bare, rugged land, inhabited by wild men in kilts. ENGLISH 'Scotland the Brave' (Scottish Gaelic: Alba an igh) is a Scottish patriotic song. The general feel – the mix of water and hills, forest and mountains – is very good: the forests are a realistic blend of Scots pine and birch.

Scotland the brave