Showing posts with label battle of culloden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label battle of culloden. Show all posts

Sunday, February 14, 2016

the end of Scottish culture


Hendrick ter Brugghen, Bagpipe Player, 1624

An earlier reference to the Battle of Culloden here.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

the end of Scottish culture


Bonnie Prince Charlie image source here.

The Battle of Culloden in 1746 brought the Jacobite cause—led by Bonnie Prince Charlie [1720-1788] to restore the House of Stuart to the throne of the Kingdom of Great Britain—to a decisive defeat.

The victors conducted a form of ethnic cleansing known as the Highland Clearances. 

New laws attacked the Highlanders' clan system, and Highland dress was outlawed.