Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion

Zusatztext 'Sankey's book will prove useful to postgraduates and academics! particularly if they possess a background in the period. The book explains the general quiescence of Scottish Jacobites for a generation (being honour bound for good behavior to their Whig patrons who had saved their lives and estates)! despite their retention of economic and social aspects lost by their northern English comrades.' The Journal of Military History '...in eight balanced! soundly researched chapters which collectively fill a critical historiographical gap since [...] the rebellion's aftermath has never been analyzed in detail.' 18th Century Scottish Studies '... Margaret Sankey's Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion is a vital study that takes an important historiographical position. Sankey offers an informed narrative and analysis of the various Jacobite ranks that submitted to Hanoverian forces and the mercy of George I and of the mechanisms and pressures that dictated their subsequent treatment.' Journal of British Studies 'This book is an important contribution to the reassessment of the first Hanoverian reign and administration.' English Historical Review 'Sankey's Jacobite Prisoners offers a comprehensive and analytically penetrating account of government policy towards those captured as having borne arms or materially assisted the rebels in 1715-16.' Royal Stuart Review Informationen zum Autor Margaret Sankey is Professor at the History Department of Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA. Klappentext The Jacobite rebellion of 1715 was a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful challenge to the new Hanoverian regime in Great Britain. This book considers how the Hanoverian Whig regime was able to quell the immediate dangers posed by the rebellion and bring the Jacobite leaders back into the orbit of the government, beginning the process of reintegrating them back into the political mainstream. Zusammenfassung The Jacobite rebellion of 1715 was a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful challenge to the new Hanoverian regime in Great Britain. This book considers how the Hanoverian Whig regime was able to quell the immediate dangers posed by the rebellion and bring the Jacobite leaders back into the orbit of the government, beginning the process of reintegrating them back into the political mainstream. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Prelude to rebellion in England and Scotland; The Preston gentlemen; 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....

'Sankey's book will prove useful to postgraduates and academics, particularly if they possess a background in the period. The book explains the general quiescence of Scottish Jacobites for a generation (being honour bound for good behavior to their Whig patrons who had saved their lives and estates), despite their retention of economic and social aspects lost by their northern English comrades.' The Journal of Military History '...in eight balanced, soundly researched chapters which collectively fill a critical historiographical gap since [...] the rebellion's aftermath has never been analyzed in detail.' 18th Century Scottish Studies '... Margaret Sankey's Jacobite Prisoners of the 1715 Rebellion is a vital study that takes an important historiographical position. Sankey offers an informed narrative and analysis of the various Jacobite ranks that submitted to Hanoverian forces and the mercy of George I and of the mechanisms and pressures that dictated their subsequent treatment.' Journal of British Studies 'This book is an important contribution to the reassessment of the first Hanoverian reign and administration.' English Historical Review 'Sankey's Jacobite Prisoners offers a comprehensive and analytically penetrating account of government policy towards those captured as having borne arms or materially assisted the rebels in 1715-16.' Royal Stuart Review

Autorentext
Margaret Sankey is Professor at the History Department of Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA.

Klappentext
The Jacobite rebellion of 1715 was a dramatic but ultimately unsuccessful challenge to the new Hanoverian regime in Great Britain. This book considers how the Hanoverian Whig regime was able to quell the immediate dangers posed by the rebellion and bring the Jacobite leaders back into the orbit of the government, beginning the process of reintegrating them back into the political mainstream.

Inhalt
Contents: Introduction; Prelude to rebellion in England and Scotland; The Preston gentlemen; 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.

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