History ShownTheirWork / OutlawKing

* As pointed out by ''WebVideo/{{Shadiversity}}'', there's a heavy use of the cloth armor piece known as the gambeson, which is a very rare thing to see in films and series despite how overwhelmingly common it was in Middle Ages (it was cheaper to make than mail armor, lighter to wear and almost as effective).

* Likewise the characters who are nobles tend to bear shields and tabards displaying their personal heraldry, which is also represented accurately. This includes the ComicBook/CaptainAmerica-like shield of UsefulNotes/BlackDouglas, with three white stars on a blue top stripe, as [[AluminumChristmasTrees surprising]] as it may be.
* Robert was indeed crowned by a woman, as [[AluminumChristmasTrees unusual]] as it may seem (and was) for the period.

* Prince Edward briefly talks to one "Piers" at the start of the film. This is Piers Gaveston, the Prince's alleged lover in medieval accounts and the inspiration for the guy Longshanks infamously throws out of a window in ''Braveheart''. While Edward II's sexuality is debated by modern historians (they may just have been HeterosexualLifePartners who got slandered by their enemies, and both fathered children, in any case), it simply isn't brought up in this film, unlike his CampGay portrayal in ''Braveheart''.

* Likewise the characters who are nobles tend to bear shields and tabards displaying their personal heraldry, which is also represented accurately. This includes the "ComicBook/CaptainAmerica"-like shield of UsefulNotes/BlackDouglas, with three white stars on a blue top stripe, as [[AluminumChristmasTrees surprising]] as it may be.

* As pointed out by ''WebVideo/{{Shadiversity}}'', there's a heavy use of the cloth armor piece known as the gambeson, which is a very rare thing to see in films despite how overwhelmingly common it was in Middle Ages (it was cheaper to make than mail armor, lighter to wear and almost as effective).

* As pointed out by ''WebVideo/{{Shadiversity}}'', there's a heavy use of the cloth armor piece known as the gambeson, which is a very rare thing to see in films despite how overwhelmingly common it was in Middle Ages (it was cheaper to make as mail armor, lighter to wear and almost as effective).

''Film/OutlawKing'' very clearly aimed at avoiding ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''-type fantasies (being set right after that latter film's historical events), by showing era-accurate attires and weapons for the most part, looking far more realistic than most {{period piece}}s set in the medieval era in this regard. In fact, there are very small, specific details of medieval life that the movie goes out of its way to showcase.

* As pointed out by ''WebVideo/{{Shadiversity}}'', there's a heavy use of the cloth armor piece known as the gambeson, which is a very rare thing to see in films despite how overwhelmingly common it was in Middle Ages.

* During dueling scenes, the characters always step forward or backward or twist their hips with a strike, an aspect of pre-modern fencing that many fight choreographers often overlook.

* Likewise the characters who are nobles tend to bear shields and tabards displaying their personal heraldry, which is also represented accurately. This includes Douglas's "ComicBook/CaptainAmerica"-like shield with three white stars on a blue top stripe, as [[AluminumChristmasTrees surprising]] as it may be.

* Likewise the characters who are nobles tend to bear shields and tabards displaying their personal heraldry, which is also represented accurately. This includes Douglas's "ComicBook/CaptainAmerica" shield with three white stars on a blue top stripe, as [[AluminumChristmasTrees surprising]] as it may be.

''Film/OutlawKing'' aimed at avoiding ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''-type fantasies (being set right after that latter film's historical events), by showing era-accurate attires and weapons for the most part, looking far more realistic than most {{period piece}}s set in the medieval era in this regard. In fact, there are very small, specific details of medieval life that the movie goes out of its way to showcase.

* The heavy use of the cloth armor piece known as the gambeson, which is a very rare thing to see in films despite how overwhelmingly common it was in Middle Ages.

''Film/OutlawKing'' aimed at avoiding ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''-type fantasies, by showing era-accurate attires and weapons for the most part, looking far more realistic than most {{period piece}}s set in the medieval era in this regard. In fact, there are very small, specific details of medieval life that the movie goes out of its way to showcase.

''Film/OutlawKing'' aims at avoiding ''Braveheart''-type fantasies, by showing era-accurate attires and weapons for the most part, looking far more realistic than most {{period piece}}s set in the medieval era in this regard. In fact, there are very small, specific details of medieval life that the movie goes out of its way to showcase.