Jacobitism
17/18th-century British political ideology supporting the restoration of the House of Stuart
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Summary
Jacobitism is a political movement[1]. Jacobitism ranks in the top 1% of political movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,276 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Kingdom of Great Britain[3], Kingdom of Ireland[4]
- Instance of: group of humans[5]
- Named after: James II of England[6]
- Subclass of: partisan[7]
- Commons category: Jacobitism[8]
- Start time: 1688[9]
- End time: 1807[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Jacobitism[11]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[14]
- Different from: jacobinism[15]
- Has goal: line of hereditary succession[16]
- Contains: Henry Benedict Stuart[17], Charles Edward Stuart[18], James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales[19]
Why It Matters
Jacobitism has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] Jacobitism is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]