William Wallace rejects the English proposals, 1297 (1864). Wallace (1272-1305) shown rejecting the English proposals caried by two Dominican monks, telling them to return with the message that he and his men had come, not for peace, but for war. He began his rebellion against English rule in 1297. Artist James William Edmund Doyle. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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