Jacobite Wars: Scotland and the Military Campaigns of 1715 and 1745Edinburgh University Press, 7 aug. 2019 - 224 pagini The Jacobite Wars is a detailed exploration of the Jacobite military campaigns of 1715 and 1745, set against the background of Scottish political, religious and constitutional history.The author has written a clear and demythologised account of the military campaigns waged by the Jacobites against the Hanoverian monarchs. He draws on the work of recent historians who have come to emphasise the political significance of the rebellions (which had been dismissed by earlier historians), showing the danger faced by the Hanoverian regime during those years of political and religious turbulence.The Jacobite rebellions of 1715 and 1745 occurred within the context of the 1707 Act of Union, acquiring the trappings of a national crusade to restore Scotland's independence. James Edward Stuart promised consistently to break the Union between Scotland and England if he became King. The rebellions also had great religious significance: the Jacobite cause was committed to restoring a Catholic dynasty to the throne and was therefore supported by the small number of Catholics in the country, and also the Episcopalians, who were together set against the Presbyterians. The failure of the rebellions, culminating in the Battle of Culloden, coincided with the national identity of Scotland becoming associated with Presbyterianism and North Britain.John L. Roberts presents the view that the political vulnerability of Hanoverians would explain the strength of Government reaction to the 1745 rebellion, especially in the Scottish Highlands, and the ferocity of its retribution, which has long been lamented in popular Scottish culture.The Jacobite Wars will appeal to anyone with an interest in the military history of this key period in Scotland's past. |
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... Britain by CPI Antony Rowe , Eastbourne A CIP Record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 902930 29 0 ( paperback ) The right of John L. Roberts to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in ...
... Britain by CPI Antony Rowe , Eastbourne A CIP Record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 902930 29 0 ( paperback ) The right of John L. Roberts to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in ...
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... Britain to take up a post at Newcastle University . There , he taught geology for twenty years before taking early retirement in 1986 to live in the far north of Sutherland . Subsequently , John devoted his energies to writing books ...
... Britain to take up a post at Newcastle University . There , he taught geology for twenty years before taking early retirement in 1986 to live in the far north of Sutherland . Subsequently , John devoted his energies to writing books ...
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... Britain under the new regime , despite widespread support for it in Scotland . Indeed , it may well be argued that Mar only intended to exert political pressure on the Whig ministry that came to power in 1714 by allying himself with the ...
... Britain under the new regime , despite widespread support for it in Scotland . Indeed , it may well be argued that Mar only intended to exert political pressure on the Whig ministry that came to power in 1714 by allying himself with the ...
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... Britain , under George II , was fighting France in the War of the Austrian Succession . One historian has recently described the 1745 Rebellion as being the greatest crisis to face Great Britain in the eighteenth century . Scots ...
... Britain , under George II , was fighting France in the War of the Austrian Succession . One historian has recently described the 1745 Rebellion as being the greatest crisis to face Great Britain in the eighteenth century . Scots ...
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... Britain and this intervention would succeed only if control of the sea had already been wrested from the British navy . In addition , any sea - borne invasion of the British Isles would always be very vulnerable to the weather . Thus ...
... Britain and this intervention would succeed only if control of the sea had already been wrested from the British navy . In addition , any sea - borne invasion of the British Isles would always be very vulnerable to the weather . Thus ...
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4 Battle of Sheriffmuir | 38 |
5 End of the 1715 Rebellion | 48 |
6 Jacobitism in Eclipse | 59 |
7 Charles Edward Stuart Arrives in Scotland | 73 |
8 March South of Edinburgh | 83 |
11 Retreat to Scotland | 127 |
12 The Highland Campaign | 142 |
13 Confrontation Approaches | 155 |
14 Battle of Culloden | 168 |
15 Aftermath of Culloden | 181 |
16 Escape of the Prince | 198 |
Select Bibliography | 214 |
Index | 217 |
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The Jacobite Wars: Scotland and the Military Campaigns of 1715 and 1745 John Leonard Roberts Vizualizare fragmente - 2002 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
1715 Rebellion Aberdeen Argyll Argyll's arms arrived Atholl attack August battle Blair Castle Borlum Britain British Cameron camp Campbell captured Carlisle Castle cavalry Charles Edward Stuart Clanranald clansmen command crossed Culloden Cumberland Cumberland's army December Derby dragoons Drummond Duke of Perth Duncan Forbes Earl Edinburgh enemy England Episcopalian Falkirk fight Fort Augustus France Fraser French garrison Glen Glengarry Glenmoriston Gordon Hanoverian Hanoverian forces Hanoverian regime Hawley Highland charge Highland clans House infantry invasion Inverness Irish Jacobite army Jacobite cause Jacobite clans Jacobite forces James Edward Stuart John joined Keppoch King landed left wing Loch Lochiel London Lord George Murray Louis XV Lovat Lowlands MacDonald MacLeod Mar's march south miles military militia Murray's Newcastle night O'Sullivan officers ordered Parliament Preston Prince Prince's army prisoners reached rebels regiments retreat River River Spey River Tay sailed Scotland Scots Scottish sent Sheriffmuir Stirling troops Wade Whig William wrote