The Stuarts in Exile

Overview

Dr. Clare Jackson explores the narrative of The Stuarts in Exile, illuminating the significant political, military, and cultural challenges the Jacobites presented to the nascent British state. While the uprising of 1715 ultimately ended in failure, it highlighted the critical dilemma confronting individuals in early 18th-century Britain: would they support the Stuarts or align with the Hanoverians?

Episodes

• 1
  

  Game Of Crowns

  In 1715, James Francis Stuart, known as the Old Pretender, initiated one of the most daring and prolonged uprisings in British history, aiming to recl...

  Oct 23, 2015
• 2
  

  A New Hope

  The Jacobite conflict is frequently seen merely as a family dispute that ended in Bonnie Prince Charlie's heartbreaking loss at Culloden in 1745. Howe...

  Oct 30, 2015