Jacobite Explained
A Jacobite is a follower of someone named Jacob or James, from the Latin Jācōbus. Jacobite or Jacobitism may refer to:
Religion
- Arminianism, the theology of Jacobus Arminius
- Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include:
- Jacobite, follower of Henry Jacob (1563–1624), English clergyman
- Jacobites, Biblical name for descendants of Jacob
Stuart succession
Jacobite succession is the line through which the British crown in pretence of the Stuart kingship has descended since 1688
- Followers of Jacobitism, the political movement to resurrect the Stuart line, 1688–1780s
- Jacobite consorts, those who were married to Jacobite pretenders since 1688
- Jacobite Peerage, peers and baronetcies granted by Jacobite claimants since 1688
- Neo-Jacobite Revival, political movement aimed at reviving Jacobite ambitions, 1886-1914
- Royal Stuart Society, organization related to furthering the Jacobite succession to the English throne, 1926–present
- Scottish Jacobite Party, political party which distanced itself from Jacobitism's monarchist origins, 2005–2011
- Jacobite Gold, 1745 shipment of Spanish gold to Scotland, rumoured to still be hidden at Loch Arkaig
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