Culloden - Great Battles

The story of Culloden, one of the most important battles in Scottish history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.

List of contents

• 1: Introduction


• 2: Conflicts and Armies: The Rising of 1745


• 3: Culloden Moor


• 4: Aftermath and Occupation


• 5: The Battle that Made Britain ? Historiography and Evidence in the case of Culloden


• 6: Culloden in British Memory: Objects, Artifacts and Representations of the Conflict

About the author

Professor Murray Pittock is Bradley Professor and Pro Vice-Principal at the University of Glasgow, and one of the leading scholars of Jacobitism and Romanticism globally. His books include The Myth of the Jacobite Clans, Material Culture and Sedition, Poetry and Jacobite Politics, Jacobitism, Inventing and Resisting Britain, The Invention of Scotland, and many others. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Royal Historical Society and has won or been nominated or shortlisted for fifteen literary prizes internationally.

Summary

The story of Culloden, one of the most important battles in Scottish history - how it was fought, how it has been remembered, and what it has come to mean.

Additional text

a fascinating read

Product details

• Authors: Pittock , Murray Pittock, Murray (Bradley Professor Pittock, Pittock Murray
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780199664085
• ISBN: 978-0-19-966408-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: GREAT BATTLES
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, Scotland, military history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, C 1700 To C 1800