When were great kilts invented?

[gilmore]

D'oh, I just saw this comment. Then how come all the scots were wearing them in Braveheart, set in the 14th Century?

There have been several threads on the historical inaccuracies and anachronisms in "Braveheart." If you search for them here you can easily find them. Having Scots wear great kilts was only one of many.

[gilmore]

Hollywood decided that the Kilt and Woad are what make people Scottish. They pulled the kilt from the future, and Woad from the Picts of the distant past. EVEN if highlanders at the time were wearing kilts. (I Believe) William Wallace was a lowlander. Lowlanders did not start wearing kilts until the Act of Union, as a protest against being united with England.

Yes, you are correct that Wallace was a lowlander, but lowlanders did not start wearing kilts in any numbers until well after the Act of Union, not until the tartan vogue of the early 19th century.

[bubba]

The Battle of Stirling Bridge.......minus the bridge. Weird.

[gilmore]

The Battle of Stirling Bridge.......minus the bridge. Weird.

Stranger things happened, such as his impregnating Isabelle of France when she was a child, and had not yet even left France for England, or married the future Edward II. She was only 13 years old when Wallace died.

[Graywolf]

We are back on Braveheart's problems. It always starts a discussion. Can we agree on:

1) The movie is as historically accurate as Star Trek
2) The movie is at least as inspiring as Independence Day

[arrogcow]

We are back on Braveheart's problems. It always starts a discussion. Can we agree on:

1) The movie is as historically accurate as Star Trek
2) The movie is at least as inspiring as Independence Day

Agree with 1, but way more inspiring than 2 (Roland Emerich owes me money. The only good thing about ID4 was that it was better than Godzilla).

Adam