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The Jacobite Risings: Scotland's Lost Cause and Last Stand
We left off with the Treaty of Union in 1707, but the political handshake didn't end the cultural fracture. In this episode, we trace the two major Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745, focusing on the human cost rather than just the battle maps. We explore why Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, returned to claim a throne that had already moved on, and how the Battle of Culloden became the definitive end of the clan system. You will hear about the Duke of Cumberland’s brutal crackdown, the legal erasure of Highland culture through the Dress Act, and the quiet resistance…
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