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Shadow Of Culloden: The Political Legacy Of The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, Autumn Miller
Shadow Of Culloden: The Political Legacy Of The 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, Autumn Miller
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Legacies change over time, and the Battle of Culloden is no different, especially depending on who is seeking out election in Westminster. Often, the Jacobite failure is used to garner political gain during nationalistic movements; while others included when Westminster needed to push back against the Scottish people to keep them subdued. The catastrophic failure of the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion led to changing political legacies over the next two hundred years, which has permeated modern-day United Kingdom politics with the result of a Scottish referendum in 2014. With a close analysis of stateless nations theory, as well as Wales as …