Culloden
Culloden
Peter Watkins film, Culloden, gives an account of the battle of Culloden between the Highlands Clan and Cumberland’s army. This film was set up as though it were a documentary taken on the day of the battle to give an accurate view of that horrific day. The purpose of this film is to inform individuals of exactly what they were fighting for, the conditions of the soldiers, and the outcome of the battle itself.
The battle of Culloden was the last battle to be fought on the British mainland. The battle, like many before it, was fought because of a difference in religion. The Jacobites, most of them Highland Scots, wanted James Francis Edward Stuart to be their king because he was Catholic. The British government army was lead by the Duke of Cumberland and King George II supported his father who was Protestant. The Highland Scots refused to live under a king who did not share the same religion as their ancestors so the only way to resolve this problem was war and......
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