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Dr Clare Jackson reveals why so many people were prepared to support the catholic Stuarts.

Second of a two-part documentary. Dr Clare Jackson reveals why so many law-abiding Scots and English were prepared to support the catholic Stuarts.

The Jacobite struggle has often been dismissed as a dynastic spat that culminated in Bonnie Prince Charlie's tragic defeat at Culloden in 1745. But rather than a Scottish story, Dr Clare Jackson reveals the Jacobite campaign took place on a European stage and inspired a nexus of international intrigue and covert plots. In this second episode, Dr Clare Jackson reveals why so many law-abiding Scots and English were prepared to support the catholic Stuarts and how the new protestant Hanoverian regime hung by a thread, as George I and II struggled to impose their authority on frequently hostile and anti-European subjects.

Two-part documentary telling the story of the Stuarts' attempt to reclaim the throne.

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