The opposition to the Jacobite revolts that followed the political crisis surrounding the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Act of 1681. The idea behind Hanoverian Succession is the belief that the crown should pass to the German King George, a Protestant, and very distant relative of Charles, rather than to Charles' Catholic brother James, for the sake of maintaining a Protestant Britain.
The Hanoverian and Jacobite controversy is one of the three major conflicts that Professor Makdisi encouraged us to remember. These are as follows:
Jacobite v. Hanoverian
Protestant v. Catholic
The British monarchy v. The pressure of external forces (caused instability until 1845)
Protestant v. Catholic
The British monarchy v. The pressure of external forces (caused instability until 1845)
From: Prof. Makdisi's lecture on John Dryden's "Absolom and Achitophel" (Feb 19, 2008)
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