Thesis
Ruthven : the collapse of the Jacobites at the end of the '45'
- Creator
- Awarding institution
- University of Strathclyde
- Date of award
- 2014
- Thesis identifier
- T13893
- Qualification Level
- Qualification Name
- Department, School or Faculty
- Abstract
- During the week that followed the battle of Culloden a force of approximately 3000 Jacobites gathered at Ruthven in Badenoch. This assembly was twice the size of the one with which Prince Charles Edward Stewart had raised his standard at Glenfinnan eight months earlier. Yet a few days later the army disbanded and the Jacobites never again met in sizeable numbers. The most detailed account of what happened at Ruthven is the narrative of the Chevalier de Johnstone, which, by suggesting the clan chiefs should have conducted a war of the mountains in their own defence, provides an alternative ending to the rising: one where it is not simply about defeat at Culloden, but where Ruthven appears to have been a key turning point. At Ruthven there was an initial determination to continue, which was followed by a collapse of will. This dissertation examines the internal relations of the Jacobites from Perth in September 1745 to Culloden in April 1746. Then provides a detailed review of the disbandment at Ruthven to illustrate the extent to which it was their own internal tensions that defeated the Jacobites as much as, if not more than, losing a battle on the field of Culloden.
- Resource Type
- DOI
- Date Created
- 2014
- Former identifier
- 1041822
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