Jacobite prisoners of the 1715 rebellion : preventing and punishing insurrection in early Hanoverian Britain / Margaret Sankey.

Sankey, Margaret D., author

Aldershot : Ashgate, 2005.

xix, 176 pages : map, ports. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Specialized.

List of illustrations - - Acknowledgements - - Introduction - - Prelude to rebellion in England and Scotland - - The Preston gentleman - - Half-pay officers and commoners after Preston - - Transporting treason - - The summer of 1716 - - Scotland 1715-16 - - The Carlisle trials and the 1718 grand juries - - The forfeited estates commission in England and Scotland - - Conclusion - - Bibliography - - Index.

In this study of the Scottish Jacobite rebellion of 1715, Sankey explores how the willingness of erstwhile loyalists to aid their rebel friends and relatives struck at the heart of the Jacobite movement and may have ultimately contributed to its decline.

0754636313 (hbk)

941.071
941.071

941.071

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