Scottish Communities Abroad in the Early Modern Period / / edited by Alexia Grosjean, Steve Murdoch.

• Superior document: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 107
• TeilnehmendeR: Grosjean, Alexia,; Murdoch, Steve,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions ; 107.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (439 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Migration is a fundamental feature of human experience. This extraordinary collection of essays focuses on a particularly intriguing sequence of migrations: those of Scots during the period 1600-1800. The book first considers the "near-abroad" (Ireland), the "middle-abroad" (Poland and Lithuania), and the "far-abroad" (the Americas), and then details a number of acutely revealing case histories of Scottish communities in Bergen (Norway), Rotterdam and the Maas (the Netherlands), Gothenburg (Sweden), Kèdainiai (Lithuania), and Hamburg (Germany). Then, concentrating on the Netherlands, the focus shifts to specific cultural/occupational milieux: exiles (usually for religious reasons), students, and soldiers or sailors. In conclusion, three leading scholars-Lex Heerma van Voss, Sølvi Søgner, and Thomas O'Connor-offer wider contextual perspectives that compare the Scottish experience with that of other countries. As Professor T.C. Smout says in his Foreword, "The present volume is a breakthrough, surely the biggest advance in the field for a hundred years." Contributors include: Douglas Catterall, David Dobson, Patrick Fitzgerald, Ginny Gardner, Alexia Grosjean, Lex Heerma van Voss, Waldemar Kowalski, Andrew Little, Esther Mijers, Steve Murdoch, Thomas O'Connor, Nina Østby Pedersen, T.C. Smout, Sølvi Sogner, Kathrin Zickermann, and Rimantas Žirgulis.

Table of Contents

Foreword, T. C. Smout, Historiographer Royal in Scotland -- Acknowledgements -- List of Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- SECTION I. MIGRANT DESTINATIONS, COLONIES AND PLANTATIONS -- 1. Scottish Migration to Ireland in the Seventeenth Century, Patrick Fitzgerald -- 2. The Placement of Urbanised Scots in the Polish Crown during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Waldemar Kowalski -- 3. Seventeenth-century Scottish Communities in the Americas, David Dobson -- SECTION II. 'LOCATED' COMMUNITIES -- 4. Scottish Immigration to Bergen in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Nina Østby Pedersen -- 5. Scots along the Maas, c.1570-1750, Douglas Catterall -- 6. The Scottish Community in Seventeenth-century Gothenburg, Alexia Grosjean & Steve Murdoch -- 7. The Scottish Community in Këdainiai c.1630-c.1750, Rimantas Žirgulis -- 8. 'Briteannia ist mein patria' : Scotsmen and the 'British' Community in Hamburg, Kathrin Zickermann -- SECTION III. COMMUNITIES OF MIND AND INTEREST -- 9. A Haven for Intrigue: the Scottish Exile Community in the Netherlands, 1660-1690, Ginny Gardner -- 10. Scottish Students in the Netherlands, 1680-1730, Esther Mijers -- 11. A Comparative Survey of Scottish Service in the English and Dutch Maritime Communities c.1650-1707, Andrew Little -- Scottish Comunities Abroad: Some Concluding Remarks, Lex Heerma van Voss , Sølvi Sogner & Thomas O'Connor -- Index of Names -- Index of Places -- Index of Subjects.