Scottish Communities Abroad in the Early Modern Period /

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

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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" (Pola...

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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.
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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.

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