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The Jacobite Wars - Scotland and the Military Campaigns of 1715 and 1745 (Paperback)
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The Jacobite Wars - Scotland and the Military Campaigns of 1715 and 1745 (Paperback)
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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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