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Jacobitism [c] was a political ideology advocating the restoration of the senior line of the House of Stuart to the British throne.When James II of England chose exile after the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, the Parliament of England ruled he had "abandoned" the English throne, which was given to his Protestant daughter Mary II of England, and his nephew, her husband William III. [1]
The Battle of Culloden is an important episode in D. K. Broster's The Flight of the Heron (1925), the first volume of her Jacobite Trilogy, which has been made into a TV serial twice: by Scottish Television in 1968, as eight episodes and by the BBC in 1976. Naomi Mitchison's novel The Bull Calves (1947) deals with Culloden and its aftermath. [81]
The English Jacobites joined with a force of Scottish Borderer Jacobites, led by William Gordon, 6th Viscount Kenmure, and this small army received Mackintosh's contingent. They marched into England, where the Government forces caught up with them at the Battle of Preston on 12–14 November. The Jacobites won the first day of the battle ...
The Jacobite rising of 1689 was a conflict fought primarily in the Scottish Highlands, whose objective was to put James VII back on the throne, following his deposition by the November 1688 Glorious Revolution.
After the Jacobite capture of Edinburgh in autumn 1745, Lord Lewis Gordon had been designated as the Jacobite Lord Lieutenant of Aberdeenshire and was given responsibility for raising men in north-eastern Scotland. With a mix of volunteers and men "pressed" into service, he mustered a relatively-large regiment including three battalions: the ...
The Iberian lynx is one of the most endangered cat species in the world today. ©tony mills/Shutterstock.com The post The History and Evolution of Europe’s Wild Cats appeared first on A-Z Animals .
The Battle of Sheriffmuir (Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Sliabh an t-Siorraim, [pl̪ˠaɾ ˈʃʎiəv əɲ ˈtʲʰirˠəm]) was an engagement in 1715 at the height of the Jacobite rising in Scotland. The battlefield has been included in the Inventory of Historic Battlefields in Scotland and protected by Historic Scotland under the Scottish Historical ...
The Jacobites were challenged by the Campbell sentry. They answered to him that they were friends of the Campbells and he welcomed them in. [2] They then overpowered the Campbell sentry and entered the town, where the action began. [2] The French began the action and a general "huza" was given up with the words "God save Prince Charles". [2]