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Jacobitism

Jacobitism was the name for a political movement active from 1688 to the end of the 18th century. Its primary objective was the restoration of the exiled House of Stuart to the British throne. It was strongest in Ireland, the Western Scottish Highlands, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, Wales, and Northern England.

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Active regions
British Isles
Dates active
1688–1780s
Ideology
Restoration of the House of Stuart · Indefeasible dynastic right · Divine right of kings · Irish nationalism · Scottish nationalism
Leaders
James II (1688–1701) · James Francis Edward Stuart[a] (1701–1766) · Charles Edward Stuart[b] (1766–1788) · Henry Benedict Stuart (1788–1807)
Military leaders
Tyrconnell · Dundee · Saint-Ruhe · Patrick Sarsfield · Earl of Mar
Wars
Jacobite rising of 1689 · Williamite War (1689–91) · Jacobite rising of 1715–16 · Jacobite rising of 1719 · Jacobite rising of 1745–46

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Political background

Ideology

Jacobite supporters in the three kingdoms

Community

Post-1745 decline

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Literary legacy

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Jacobitism

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Triples260
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Jacobitism

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related to England and Wales · 34
Jacobitism → Anne, Catholics, Church, Earl, England, English, Eveline Cruickshanks, Exclusion Crisis, For, George, Hanover, His, However, In England, Jacobite, Jacobitisme, James, James's, Lord Bolingbroke, Mar
related to Post-1745 decline · 30
Jacobitism → Act, British, By, Charles, D'Éguilles, Despite, England, English, Events, For, French, George Murray, Heritable Jurisdictions Act, Highland, Highlands, Jacobites, Lochgarry, Much, New, Paris
related to Ireland · 28
Jacobitism → Catholic, Catholicism, Charles Leslie, Church, Conversely, Crown, Diarmuid Mac Carthaigh, English, English Protestant, Historian Vincent Morely, Ireland, Ireland's, Irish, Irish Catholic, Irish Jacobitism, Irish Protestants, James, John, Milesian, Non-Jurors
related to Irish language literature · 28
Jacobitism → Aisling, Aogán, As, Chnoic, Daniel Corkery, Donnchadh Ruadh Mac Conmara, Dublin, Eoghan Rua, Garden, Irish, Jacobite, Liam, Mo Ghile Mear, Modern, Munster Irish, Máire Bhuidhe Ní Laoghaire, One, Other, Pádraig Phiarais Cúndún, Rathaille
related to Scotland · 23
Jacobitism → Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, By, Catholic, Church, Despite, England, Episcopalian, Gaelic-speaking Highlanders, Highland, In, Jacobite, Jacobites, Many, One, Protestant, Protestant Lowlanders, Scotland, Scots, Scottish
related to Neo-Jacobite revival · 19
Jacobitism → Bertram Ashburnham, Erskine, First World War, Great Britain, Herbert Vivian, In, Ireland, Jacobite, Legitimist Jacobite League, Melville Henry Massue, Order, Parliament, Royal Stuart Society, Ruaraidh Erskine, The, The Whirlwind, There, Vivian, White Rose
related to Romantic revival · 19
Jacobitism → As, British, Captain Félix O'Neille, Charles, Charles Stuart, Highlanders, Irish Jacobite, Jacobite, Lowland Scots, Mourning, O'Neille, Relics, Robert Forbes, Scottish Jacobites, Stuarts, The, The Lyon, This, Victorian
related to Community · 15
Jacobitism → Aberdeenshire, Bruce Lenman, Duke, French-backed, Gordon, Jacobite, Jacobites, Lewis Gordon, Many Jacobite, Perthshire, Scotland, Some, Stuart, This, While Jacobite
related to Ideology · 13
Jacobitism → As, Church, England, Establishing, God, Historian Frank McLynn, Irish, Parliament, Scots, Scottish Episcopal Church, Stuarts, These, Tory
related to Analysis · 12
Jacobitism → British, Clark, Further, Jacobite, Macaulay's, More, Parliamentary, Representing, Scots Jacobites, Tory-Jacobite, Traditional Whig, Whig

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james jacobite england charles irish ireland 1745 scotland english catholic stuart political scottish many french protestant jacobites support scots also

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JacobitismActive regionsBritish Isles1.00infobox
JacobitismDates active1688–1780s1.00infobox
JacobitismIdeologyRestoration of the House of Stuart1.00infobox
JacobitismIdeologyIndefeasible dynastic right1.00infobox
JacobitismIdeologyDivine right of kings1.00infobox
JacobitismIdeologyIrish nationalism1.00infobox
JacobitismIdeologyScottish nationalism1.00infobox
JacobitismLeadersJames II (1688–1701)1.00infobox
JacobitismLeadersJames Francis Edward Stuart[a] (1701–1766)1.00infobox
JacobitismLeadersCharles Edward Stuart[b] (1766–1788)1.00infobox
JacobitismLeadersHenry Benedict Stuart (1788–1807)1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersTyrconnell1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersDundee1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersSaint-Ruhe1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersPatrick Sarsfield1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersEarl of Mar1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersThomas Forster1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersTullibardine1.00infobox
JacobitismMilitary leadersLord George Murray1.00infobox
JacobitismWarsJacobite rising of 16891.00infobox
JacobitismWarsWilliamite War (1689–91)1.00infobox
JacobitismWarsJacobite rising of 1715–161.00infobox
JacobitismWarsJacobite rising of 17191.00infobox
JacobitismWarsJacobite rising of 1745–461.00infobox

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