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A Short History of Scotland Chapter 33 - The Last Jacobite Rising, part 3

from The Andrew Lang Library · host Andrew Lang

In which the desperate struggle of the Jacobite forces culminates on Culloden Moor, where harsh terrain, fatigue, and tactical errors lead to a crushing defeat and the scattering of the Highland clans. Thereafter, the stern reprisals and legislative measures imposed to extinguish rebellion cast a long shadow over the Highlands, while the cultural and political landscape of Scotland begins its gradual transformation within the wider British state.

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