Jacobitism
was (and, to a much smaller extent, is) the
political
movement that tried to put the
Stuarts
back onto the thrones of
England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
. It took its name from the
Latin
form
Jacobus
of the name of King
James II and VII
.
Jacobitism began after James II and VII was deposed in 1688. He was replaced by his daughter
Mary II
jointly with her husband,
William of Orange
, who was also her first cousin. The Stuarts lived on the
European
Continent and sometimes tried to get back the throne with the help of
France
or
Spain
. The most important places of Jacobitism were Ireland and Scotland, especially the
Scottish Highlands
. In
England
, Jacobitism was strongest in the
North
. There was some support also in
Wales
.
Many
Catholics
supported Jacobitism and hoped the Stuarts to end the laws against them. Many others helped Jacobite military campaigns for all sorts of reasons such as in the hope of improve their fortunes. In Scotland, the Jacobite cause became a lasting
romantic
memory.
Further reading
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- Ruvigny & Raineval, Marquis de (Melville Henry Massue) (comp.).
The Jacobite Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage & Grants of Honour
. Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, 1904.
- The Lion in the North
, John Prebble, Penguin Books 1973
- Maritime Scotland
, Brian Lavery, B T Batsford Ltd., 2001,
ISBN
0-7134-8520-5
- Scotland, A Concise History
, Fitzroy Maclean, Thames and Hudson 1991,
ISBN
0-500-27706-0
- Bonnie Prince Charlie
, Fitzroy Maclean, Canongate Books Ltd. 1989
ISBN
0-86241-568-3
- The Jacobites, Britain and Europe 1688 ? 1788
, Daniel Szechi, Manchester University Press 1994
ISBN
0-7190-3774-3
- The Myths of the Jacobite Clans
, Murray G. H. Pittock, Edinburgh University Press 1995
ISBN
0-7486-0715-3
- Came ye o'er frae France
? folk-rock version by Steeleye Span.
- Georgian Monarchy: Politics and Culture, 1714-60
, Hannah Smith, Cambridge University Press 2006
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