Highland Host

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government-backed force historical event military force

The Highland Host was a government-backed force of Highland soldiers deployed in late 17th-century Scotland to intimidate and suppress Presbyterian Covenanters through occupation, violence, and coercion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government-backed force ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
military force ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 17th century ⓘ
activeInYear 1678 ⓘ
associatedWith Privy Council of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Charles II of England and Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
James VII of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithRepressionType dragooning ⓘ
consequence increased hostility between Highlands and Lowlands ⓘ
long-term memory of oppression in Presbyterian tradition ⓘ
strengthening of Covenanter resistance ⓘ
country Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
hasEthnicComposition Highlanders ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMethod coercion ⓘ
occupation ⓘ
violence ⓘ
hasPurpose enforcement of royal authority ⓘ
intimidation of Presbyterian Covenanters ⓘ
religious persecution ⓘ
suppression of Presbyterian Covenanters ⓘ
historicalRegion Ayrshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lanarkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lowlands of Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor billeting soldiers in Covenanter households ⓘ
contributing to Covenanter resentment of the Stuart regime ⓘ
forcing oaths of allegiance ⓘ
plundering property of suspected Covenanters ⓘ
memorializedAs symbol of Stuart tyranny in Scotland ⓘ
memorializedIn Scottish Presbyterian historiography ⓘ
operatedIn Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy Covenanters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Presbyterian communities ⓘ
partOf Scottish government repression of Covenanters ⓘ
politicalContext Restoration Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stuart Restoration NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Covenanter movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Presbyterianism NERFINISHED ⓘ
targetedGroup Presbyterian Covenanters NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfOperation internal security operation ⓘ
typeOfViolence state-sanctioned violence ⓘ
usedBy Scottish government NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stuart monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Covenanter persecution known as the Killing Times → perpetrator → Highland Host ⓘ
subject surface form: Killing Times