The 1745 Rebellion and the Southern Scottish Lowlands

Analysing the causes, events and consequences of the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-46, this title emphasises the Lowlands' response to Prince Charles Edward's attempt to restore the Stuart dynasty to the throne of England, Scotland, and her Empire. It looks at how the legacy of 1745 shaped industrial growth in the eighteenth century.

MacRobert paints a broad canvas and analyses the rebellion from its inception to its repression and eventual diaspora. He looks at how the legacy of 1745 shaped industrial growth in the second half of the eighteenth century, influenced Enlightenment culture and impacted upon Scotland's relations with the wider world and the British Empire. In short, MacRobert has written a concise, lucid and scholarly history of a key moment in Scotland's past that serves as a useful introduction for students and general readers of the subject.

List of illustrations
Preface and Ackowledgements
Introduction
1. An outline of the '45
2. The machinery of government
3. The churches and the '45
4. Lowland opposition to the Jacobites
5. Lowlanders who fought for and against the Jacobites
6. Edinburgh
7. The south of Scotland
8. Glasgow
9. The Jacobites and the Scottish banks
10. The Highland Line and the Lowlands
11. Population movements
12. The Heritable Jurisdiction Act
13. The churches after the '45
14. The political implications
15. Scotland accelerates
16. Conclusion
Notes
Index