Ideology Historian Frank McLynn identifies seven primary drivers in Jacobitism, noting that while the movement contained "sincere men [..] who aimed solely to restore the Stuarts", it "provided a source of legitimacy for political dissent of all kinds". Establishing the ideology of active participants is complicated by the fact that "by and large, those who wrote most did not act, and those who acted wrote little, if anything." As a result, historians have taken different views on its primary driving force. These include being an aristocratic rejection of an increasingly Unitary state, feudal opposition to capitalism, or Scots and Irish nationalism.
ideology historian frank mclynn identifies seven primary drivers in jacobitism noting that while the movement contained "sincere men [] who aimed solely to restore the stuarts" it "provided a source of legitimacy for political dissent of all kinds" establishing the ideology of active participants is complicated by the fact that "by and large those who wrote most did not act and those who acted wrote little if anything" as a result historians have taken different views on its primary driving force these include being an aristocratic rejection of an increasingly unitary state feudal opposition to capitalism or scots and irish nationalism