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Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion
Margaret Sankey
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Description for Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion
hardcover. By following a strategy of retribution tempered with clemency, this book argues that the Hanoverian regime was able to quell the immediate dangers posed by the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, and bring its leaders back into the orbit of the government, beginning the process of reintegrating them back into political mainstream. Num Pages: 196 pages, Includes 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 441.
The Jacobite rebellion of 1715 was a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful challenge to the new Hanoverian regime in Great Britain. It did, however, reveal serious fault lines in the political foundations of the new regime which enormously restricted the government's freedom of action in the suppression of the rebellion, and effectively made the treatment of the rebels in its aftermath the true test of the new dynasty's legitimacy and stability. Whilst the rulers of England had traditionally dealt harshly with internal rebellion, monarchs and their ministers had to find a delicate balance between showing the power of the regime ... Read more
The Jacobite rebellion of 1715 was a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful challenge to the new Hanoverian regime in Great Britain. It did, however, reveal serious fault lines in the political foundations of the new regime which enormously restricted the government's freedom of action in the suppression of the rebellion, and effectively made the treatment of the rebels in its aftermath the true test of the new dynasty's legitimacy and stability. Whilst the rulers of England had traditionally dealt harshly with internal rebellion, monarchs and their ministers had to find a delicate balance between showing the power of the regime ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780754636311
SKU
V9780754636311
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About Margaret Sankey
Margaret Sankey is Professor at the History Department of Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA.
Reviews for Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion
'Sankey's book will prove useful to postgraduates and academics, particularly if they possess a background in the period. The book explains the general quiescence of Scottish Jacobites for a generation (being honour bound for good behavior to their Whig patrons who had saved their lives and estates), despite their retention of economic and social aspects lost by their northern English ... Read more