Braveheart (1995). Leprosy: A Stigmatizing Disease

Abstract

The film is a hymn to freedom, the freedom of individuals and entire peoples. It narrates the life of the Scots hero, William Wallace, who lived during the last decades of the 13th century and the first years of the 14th century. These were turbulent times in the history of Scotland, which was subject to the power of the King of England, its neighbour, who governed with an iron hand while the members of the Scots nobility competed and fought for the succession to the throne of Scotland, which had been left vacant.

Keywords

• lepra
• cine
• william wallace
• robert the bruce
• el leproso
• guerra de independencia escocesa
• siglo xiii-xiv.