In 1708 the Jacobite claimant to the throne, the putative James VIII, and his French allies had attempted land in Scotland to incite a rising, but were foiled by adverse weather and outmanoeuvred ...

Volunteers at Bannockburn House in Scotland discovered a musket ball hole in a wall that dates to the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Here’s what we know about the battle that forever changed the fabric of Scotland. The battle was the last of the Jacobite Risings which were a series of rebellions that took place after James ...

But the normal way to discuss the Jacobites is to portray them as a political anachronism, royal absolutists backing a Catholic king in a Protestant and liberalizing Britain, whose rebellion ...

Outlander has it all. At its heart, the beloved Starz series is a sweeping romance set against the backdrop of the Jacobite Rebellion in 1740s Scotland and the American Revolution in the 1770s.

The couple soon moved to Scotland, and William was later captured during the Jacobite rising of 1715 and then imprisoned in the tower while awaiting execution for treason. Maxwell traveled to ...

A clifftop castle in Scotland, which played a pivotal role in the nation's history, began to crumble into ruin in the 1720s after its owner got embroiled in the Jacobite rebellion. Perched near ...