The myth of the Jacobite clans : the Jacobite Army in 1745 / Murray Pittock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pittock, Murray, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacobites.

Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746.

Clans--Scotland--History--18th century.

Clans.

Scotland--History--18th century.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 229 p.)

Edition:

Second comprehensively revised and expanded edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first edition of this book argued that British history had long sought to caricature Jacobitism rather than to understand it, and that the Jacobite Risings drew on extensive Lowland support and had a national quality within Scotland. This second edition addresses the questions of the first in more detail.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: British Histories and Scottish Myths

1 What is a Highlander, What was a Jacobite?

2 The Myth of the Jacobite Clans

3 Jacobites in the Localities, 1745–60

4 Nationalists or Jacobites?

5 Jacobite Weapons

Appendix The Jacobite Armies, 1688–1746

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previous ed.: 1995.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-223) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7168-4

0-7486-5346-5

0-7486-3159-3

OCLC:

1306537952