“The Graves of the Gallant Highlanders”
Memory, Interpretation and Narratives of Culloden
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19438422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gold Gold |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5 |
| Publication date | 2007-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History and Memory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0935-560X • E-ISSN: 1527-1994 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/his.2007.19.1.5 |
| OpenAlex | W2046199766 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
The battlefield at Culloden (Scotland), which witnessed the defeat in April 1746 of the forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in a battle against forces loyal to the Hanoverian King George II, remains a site charged with powerful associations. Largely forgotten for a century, the memories of the battle were steadily revived and recast under the influence of romantic Jacobitism, eventually turning the battlefield from undifferentiated moorland into sacred space. This article traces this process and reflects on its lasting implications. After surveying the nature of Jacobitism, especially its transformation from a political to a predominantly romantic movement, it considers film representations of Culloden as a way of unpacking the myths of romantic Jacobitism. The type of reinterpretations found in film, however, have only slowly permeated the narratives presented at the site itself. The conclusion discusses issues arising from the experience of Culloden, making particular reference to the recently announced Memorial Project
Art · Linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Scottish History and National Identity
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How Societies Remember
Voices of Collective Remembering
The Invention Of Tradition
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Culloden
War and thanatourism
Battlefield Tourism
Coconstructing heritage at the gettysburg storyscape
Gathering the voices of the people? Cecil Sharp, cultural hybridity, and the folk music of Appalachia
For Ever England
Reading the Tangible Past
Between Memory and History
The Place of the Past in English Culture c.1890-1914
Imagining Scotland
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |