With the defeat of the Jacobite army at Culloden in 1746, the direction of the union of England and Scotland was sealed, and this song is a call to the Jacobites, though it is not exactly in praise.

Video: Scottish Nation: Programme 3, 1972. With the Jacobite forces marching towards Edinburgh William Cleland leads a Covenanter army in a suicide mission to halt them. The two sides meet at Dunkeld.

Maria Clementina Sobieski – one of just three women buried in St Peter’s Basilica – lived a life of extraordinary defiance and determination.

Scotland's History Union and Jacobites The Jacobite invasion of England The Adobe Flash player and Javascript are required in order to view a video which appears on this page. You may wish to ...

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The Jacobite rising had "nothing to do with 'freedom and independence for Scotland'", Tombs said, and many Scots were "much keener on Union than the English". But the idea that many of the ...

I love the Scottish history that ties in with the scenery, such as Glencoe’s link with the Jacobite uprising – it really brings the landscape to life. After leading different tours to ...

The castle stood in grandeur for hundreds of years until the 18th century, when the Jacobites (Catholic Scottish opposition group to the Protestant, English-ruling government) took over the castle ...

Jerry Berg and Derek Rose, of the Swordsmanship Museum and Academy, visited the library to teach area youth the ins and outs ...