Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th centuries : the formation and disappearance of an ethnic group
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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th centuries: the formation and disappearance of an ethnic group
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Publication Data:
Leiden ; Brill, 2012.
Pages:
xxviii, 588 p
Series:
Northern world; v. 57
Notes:
Bibliografija ir rodyklės.
Contents:
List of Figures, Maps and Tables — Acknowledgements — Abbreviations — Conventions and Glossary — Introduction. A New Perspective on Scottish Migration to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries — 1. Scottish Migration to Poland-Lithuania from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries: The State of Present Scholarship and the Sources. Manuscripts and Published Primary Sources. Database of Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569–1795 — 2. Motives for Scottish Migration: The Socio-Political Situation in Scotland and in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Population Surplus, Living Standards and Poverty in Scotland: Grounds for Migration. Religious Conflicts, War, Pestilence and Primogeniture. Population and the Economy of the Commonwealth from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries. Polish-Lithuanian Society. The Commonwealthʼs Army from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries. Religious Freedom in Poland-Lithuania from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries — 3. The Influx: The Scale of Migration of Scots to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The Possible Scale of the Migration as Reflected in Accounts of Contemporaries. The Scale of the Migration as Reflected in State and Municipal Documents. The Chronology of Migration. An Attempt to Assess the Scale of the Migration Based on Parish Records — 4. The Migrants and their Motives: The Social Make-Up of the Scottish Migration and Spheres of Commercial Activity. The Geographical Origins of the Migrants. Motives for Migration. The Commerce and Trade-Oriented Migrants. Women Migrants. Mercenaries.Academics and Scholars. Clergymen. Diplomats and Agents — 5. The Life of Scottish Migrants in Poland-Lithuania. Spheres of Commercial Activity. Purveyors to the Court: Scotsmen in Privileged Positions. The Scottish Quest for Ius Civile (Citizenship). The Financial Status of Scottish Traders in the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. The Organisation of the Scots in Poland-Lithuania — 6. The Kirk: Scots in the Reformed Parishes – Defining Identity. The Reformed Church in Poland-Lithuania. Religious Toleration in Practice: Scottish Dissendentes, Confessional Prejudice and Religious Tensions. Scottish Communities in Large Protestant Cities: Parishes in Gdańsk, Elbląg, Toruń and Königsberg. Scottish Protestants in the Catholic Cities; The Role of Rural Reformed Parishes. Scottish Faith Communities under the Patronage of the Nobility. The Scottish Impact on the Reformed Church in Poland-Lithuania — 7. Successful Integration: Scotsmen and the Polish Nobility. The Scottish Quest for Indygenat (Naturalisation as a Nobleman) and Nobilitacja (Ennoblement). Religious and Professional Life of the Scoto-Polish Nobility. Usurpations of Noble Status. Scottish Noble Families in the Commonwealth: Kinship and Blood Relations Military Service and the Nobility. Scoto-Polish Nobility at the End of the Eighteenth Century — Conclusion. Scottish Migration to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries Redefined — Appendices — Bibliography — Index of Places — Index of Persons.
Keywords:
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16 amžius; 17 amžius; 18 amžius; Lenkija (Poland); Lietuva (Lithuania); Socialinės kultūrinės grupės / Sociocultural groups; Migracija / Migration.
Reviews:
- Recenzija leidinyje European review of history. 2013, vol. 20, no 2, p. 318-320
- Recenzija leidinyje Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas. 2015, Vol. 63, no. 2
Summary / Abstract:
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Škotai, Škotija; Abiejų Tautų Respublika (ATR; Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodów; Žečpospolita; Sandrauga; Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth); 16 amžius; 17 amžius; 18 amžius; Etninės grupės; Imigracija; Emigracija; Socialinės sąlygos; Scots; Scotland; 16th-18th Centuries; Ethnic Group; Emigration; Immigration; Social conditions.
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9789004212473
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