A brief summary from the "Ten Things" talks I'd been doing in April 2016 to mark the 270th anniversary of the Battle of Culloden and the end of the Jacobites' 1745 Rebellion. These talks usually accompanied showing of Brian Blessed's film, Chasing The Deer. 1. The word “Jacobite” means “Supporter of James” James in Latin, of course, is … [Read more...] about Jacobites – Ten Things You (Almost Certainly) Didn’t Know
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Jacobites – Manchester Jacobites
It’s not easy to walk around Manchester and picture the place as it might have looked in 1745 – but it’s not impossible either. And I’ve done this Manchester Jacobites walk now in a couple of different ways. The simple way is to stand in three different locations – the Victoria pedestrian bridge, the side of Marks & Spencer on the corner of … [Read more...] about Jacobites – Manchester Jacobites