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2007-08-29 11:07:19 · 10 answers · asked by ! 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
The writers of history are the people who run the country...the winners, politically. Like in America, it's the rich white men, the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant men. So, the ones who write history (to their advantage) are those who hanged the rebels, the ones who lost, but were heroes in protecting the rights of the poor & the oppressed!
2007-08-29 11:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by embroidery fan 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
The bravado of the Narrator (Robert the Bruce) shows in the opening of Braveheart, when he boasts: "I shall tell you of William Wallace. Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes. The king of Scotland had died without a son, and the king of England, a cruel pagan known as Edward the Longshanks, claimed the throne of Scotland for himself. Scotland's nobles fought him, and fought each other, over the crown. So Longshanks invited them to talks of truce - no weapons, one page only. Among the farmers of that shire was Malcolm Wallace, a commoner with his own lands; he had two sons, John and William."
In other words, he believes his actions will determine how we remember the day and that the accomplishments of those no longer with us will be forgotten.
2007-08-29 11:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Beach Saint 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it means that the victors of a war are the ones that write history, not the losers.
I don't think that statement is true. I think that history can be written by any party, winners or losers.
But basically it is written by those who are still alive to talk or write about it.
2007-08-31 15:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by eoc1000 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means history can be very biased. History can sometimes be written by people with an agenda or simply see it the way THEY see it. Not necessarily the way it happened.
2007-08-29 11:16:41 · answer #4 · answered by jvstiniann 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the people who made history are normally killed because they stand for something. so once the heros who make history are dead someone needs to write down what happened. who better than the killer?
2007-08-29 12:38:25 · answer #5 · answered by spruded 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it means that history is written by the people who have 'killed' or told facts before those who knew what really happen i spose
ive never heard it before though
heres another good one for you
history will be kind to me for i intend to write it (winston churchill)
2007-08-29 11:11:26 · answer #6 · answered by rose 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
this is what you are looking for i believe. http://www.mediamonitors.net/edna17.html
the first paragraph is the point. the victor of the battle writes what happened. whoever wins is going to have there account of what happened passed on whereas the loser's recolections will die with them.
2007-08-29 11:11:27 · answer #7 · answered by patrioticparadox 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has been answered many times before
2016-07-30 02:17:52 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting, I was wondering the same thing myself
2016-08-24 13:58:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means that history was written by tyrants and dictators
2007-08-29 11:16:25 · answer #10 · answered by star 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋