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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781805433279 , 9781837650231

Series Statement: St Andrews studies in Scottish history

Content: An exploration of the diverse lived experiences of marginality in Scottish society from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Throughout the early modern period, Scottish society was constructed around an expectation of social conformity: people were required to operate within a relatively narrow range of acceptable identities and behaviours. Those who did not conform to this idealised standard, or who were in some fundamental way different from the prescribed norm, were met with suspicion. Such individuals often attracted both criticism and discrimination, forcing them to live confirmed to the social margins. Focusing on a range of marginalised groups, including the poor, migrants, ethnic minorities, indentured workers and women, the contributors to this book explore what it was like to live at the boundaries of social acceptability, what mechanisms were involved in policing the divide between "mainstream" and "marginal", and what opportunities existed for personal or collective fulfilment. The result is a fresh perspective on early modern Scotland, one that not only recovers the stories of people long excluded from historical discussion, but also offers a deeper understanding of the ordering assumptions of society more generally. Specific topics addressed range from the marginalisation of people with disabilities in the domestic sphere to female sex workers, and the place of executioners in society.

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Additional Edition: ISBN 9781837650231

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Language: English

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Format: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

ISBN: 9781805433279 (ebook)

Series Statement: St Andrews studies in Scottish history

Content: An exploration of the diverse lived experiences of marginality in Scottish society from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. Throughout the early modern period, Scottish society was constructed around an expectation of social conformity: people were required to operate within a relatively narrow range of acceptable identities and behaviours. Those who did not conform to this idealised standard, or who were in some fundamental way different from the prescribed norm, were met with suspicion. Such individuals often attracted both criticism and discrimination, forcing them to live confirmed to the social margins. Focusing on a range of marginalised groups, including the poor, migrants, ethnic minorities, indentured workers and women, the contributors to this book explore what it was like to live at the boundaries of social acceptability, what mechanisms were involved in policing the divide between "mainstream" and "marginal", and what opportunities existed for personal or collective fulfilment. The result is a fresh perspective on early modern Scotland, one that not only recovers the stories of people long excluded from historical discussion, but also offers a deeper understanding of the ordering assumptions of society more generally. Specific topics addressed range from the marginalisation of people with disabilities in the domestic sphere to female sex workers, and the place of executioners in society.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2024).

Additional Edition: Print version: ISBN 9781837650231

Language: English

URL: https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781805433279/type/BOOK

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Format: 1 online resource (357 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-80543-327-X

Series Statement: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History Series ; v.12

Content: An exploration of the diverse lived experiences of marginality in Scottish society from the sixteen to the eighteenth century.

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , List of Illustrations -- , Contributors -- , Acknowledgements -- , List of Abbreviations -- , Introduction Centring the Margins -- , Part I Social Margins -- , 1 Disability and the Domestic Sphere in Early Modern Scotland -- , 2 Relieving the Poor in Mid-Seventeenth-Century East Fife -- , 3 The Marginalisation of Gypsies in Scotland, 1573–c. 1625 -- , 4 Burgesses on the Edge -- , 5 Enslaved and Formerly Enslaved Young People in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Scotland -- , Part II Occupational Margins -- , 6 Working on the Margins: Freemen, Unfreemen, and Stallangers in Early Modern Scotland -- , 7 The Life of the Lockman -- , 8 ‘Huirdome and Harlettrie’: Female Sex Workers in Early Modern Edinburgh, 1689–1760 -- , 9 Navigating Marginality: The Coal Mine Workers of Seventeenth-Century Scotland -- , Part III Contemplating Marginality -- , 10 Migrants, Itinerants, and the Marginality of Mobility in Seventeenth-Century Scotland -- , 11 Seeking the Lord, Seeking a Husband: Navigating Marginality in the Diary of Rachel Brown (1736–8) -- , 12 Queering the Castalian: James VI and I and ‘Narratives of Blood’ -- , Afterword -- , Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-83765-023-3

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781805433279

UID:

Format: 1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : , illustrations.

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 1-80543-327-X

Series Statement: St Andrews Studies in Scottish History Series ; v.12

Content: "An exploration of the diverse lived experiences of marginality in Scottish society from the sixteen to the eighteenth century. Throughout the early modern period, Scottish society was constructed around an expectation of social conformity: people were required to operate within a relatively narrow range of acceptable identities and behaviours. Those who did not conform to this idealised standard, or who were in some fundamental way different from the prescribed norm, were met with suspicion. Such individuals often attracted both criticism and discrimination, forcing them to live confirmed to the social margins. Focusing on a range of marginalised groups, including the poor, migrants, ethnic minorities, indentured workers and women, the contributors to this book explore what it was like to live at the boundaries of social acceptability, what mechanisms were involved in policing the divide between "mainstream" and "marginal", and what opportunities existed for personal or collective fulfilment. The result is a fresh perspective on early modern Scotland, one that not only recovers the stories of people long excluded from historical discussion, but also offers a deeper understanding of the ordering assumptions of society more generally. Specific topics addressed range from the marginalisation of people with disabilities in the domestic sphere to female sex workers, and the place of executioners in society."--

Note: Introduction Centring the Margins -- Part I Social Margins -- 1 Disability and the Domestic Sphere in Early Modern Scotland -- 2 Relieving the Poor in Mid-Seventeenth-Century East Fife -- 3 The Marginalisation of Gypsies in Scotland, 1573–c. 1625 -- 4 Burgesses on the Edge -- 5 Enslaved and Formerly Enslaved Young People in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Scotland -- Part II Occupational Margins -- 6 Working on the Margins: Freemen, Unfreemen, and Stallangers in Early Modern Scotland -- 7 The Life of the Lockman -- 8 ‘Huirdome and Harlettrie’: Female Sex Workers in Early Modern Edinburgh, 1689–1760 -- 9 Navigating Marginality: The Coal Mine Workers of Seventeenth-Century Scotland -- Part III Contemplating Marginality -- 10 Migrants, Itinerants, and the Marginality of Mobility in Seventeenth-Century Scotland -- 11 Seeking the Lord, Seeking a Husband: Navigating Marginality in the Diary of Rachel Brown (1736–8) -- 12 Queering the Castalian: James VI and I and ‘Narratives of Blood’ -- Afterword -- Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-83765-023-3

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9781805433279