The great immigration : Scots in Cracow and Little Poland, circa 1500-1660 / by Waldemar Kowalski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kowalski, Waldemar, author.

Contributor:

Torr, Guy Russell, translator.

Series:

Studies in Central European histories ; Volume 63.

Studies in Central European Histories, 1547-1217 ; Volume 63

Standardized Title:

Wielka imigracja. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scots--Poland--Kraków--History.

Scots.

Scots--Poland--Małopolska--History.

Kraków (Poland)--Ethnic relations.

Kraków (Poland).

Małopolska (Poland)--Ethnic relations.

Małopolska (Poland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the second half of the sixteenth century, Scottish immigrants to Little Poland became a visible ethnic minority in numerous towns of that province and particularly in its capital, Cracow. This is the first study to examine this urbanized immigration in the period until the 1660s, when Poland–Lithuania, devastated by the mid-century Swedish invasion, was no longer an attractive migrant destination. From around the 1570s, affluent Scottish merchants developed intense commercial relations in central Europe, while peddlers of that nationality distributed so-called ‘Scotch goods’ at local markets. The majority of Scots participated in the life of local Evangelical congregations and suffered religious persecutions together with their co-religionists. This prompted their collaboration with the Swedish occupants against their Catholic neighbors.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 An Outline of Scottish Settlement in the Polish Crown

2 Scots and Cracow Civic Rights

3 Scots in Cracow’s Internal and Foreign Trade

4 Scots in Shops and Stalls

5 The Levels of Material Wealth among Scots Who Were Cracow Citizens

6 Social Bonds—Family, Corporations, Languages

7 Among Co-Denominationalists, Enemies, and Friends

Conclusion

Appendix 1: Tables

Appendix 2: Scots Residing in Cracow and Its Satellite Towns in the Sixteenth and First Half of the Seventeenth Century

Bibliography

Index of Personal Names

Index of Place Names.

Notes:

Translated from the Polish by Guy Russell Torr.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30310-3

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004303102 DOI