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Gender in Scotland, 1200-1800 Place, Faith and Politics

Nugent Janay Spence, Cathryn Cowan Mairi
Heftet / 2026 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781399512992
Publisert
2026-02-28
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Redaktør
Nugent Janay
Spence, Cathryn
Cowan Mairi

Biografisk notat

Janay Nugent is Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. Her research specialisation is gender, family and youth in early modern Scotland. She is co-editor with Elizabeth Ewan of Finding the Family in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland (Ashgate, 2008) and Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland (Boydell, 2015), as well as co-author with Laura A. M. Stewart of Union and Revolution: Scotland and Beyond, 1625-1745 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), shortlisted for the Scotland’s National Book Awards in 2021 (Saltire Society Scotland / Comannn Crann Na H-Alba). Cathryn Spence is Associate Professor in the Department of History at University of Guelph, Canada. She specialises in late medieval and early modern history, and is secretary for the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland. She is author of Women, Credit, and Debt in Early Modern Scotland (Manchester, 2016), which won the Women’s History Network Prize, and co-editor with Aaron Allen of The Housemails Tax 1634-6 (Boydell, 2014). Mairi Cowan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada. She specialises in medieval and early modern history and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She is the author of Death, Life, and Religious Change in Scottish Towns c. 1350-1560 (Manchester, 2012) and The Possession of Barbe Hallay: Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early Canada (McGill-Queen's, 2022).

Gender in Scotland, 1200-1800 Place, Faith and Politics

Nugent Janay Spence, Cathryn Cowan Mairi
Heftet / 2026 / Engelsk
Nugent Janay Spence, Cathryn Cowan Mairi
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Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Gender History is flourishing, and this volume brings together its leading scholars to display the fruits. Themed around place, faith and politics, these cutting-edge essays consider questions of women’s agency, presence and power in shaping Scottish society and economy. An important state of the field.

- Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide,

Gender influenced every aspect of life in medieval and early modern Scotland. This collection illuminates how gendered expectations and experiences shaped people’s relationships with where they lived, what they believed and how they exercised power. Showcasing new work by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, essays in this collection draw upon a wide range of sources to present familiar topics in original ways, while opening up unexpected vistas for our historical sight. Essays range from innovative interpretations of famous people and well-known events to examinations of the thoughts and activities of ordinary Scots, with consideration also for how people from the past are publicly commemorated today. Together, they demonstrate the centrality of gender in the shaping of Scottish history.
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Explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history
List of Figures Notes on Contributors Abbreviations Preface Introduction ‘Engendering Scottish History for the Medieval and Early Modern Periods’ by Cathryn Spence, Janay Nugent and Mairi Cowan Part I: Place Chapter 1. ‘Mary, Queen of Scots, Three Noblewomen and a Fife "Murder Mystery"’ by Jane E.A. Dawson Chapter 2. ‘"Scottish Portias" Revisited: Women in the courts in early modern Scottish towns’ by Rebecca Mason Chapter 3. ‘Punching Back Against Patriarchy: The story of Jean Weir’ by Michael F. Graham Chapter 4. ‘Always at the Gate? Unlocking medieval women’s stories in modern-day Edinburgh’ by Rachel M. Delman Part II: Faith Chapter 5. ‘"She displays by her speeches": Marion Walker, Catholic speech and local resistance in early modern Glasgow’ by Daniel MacLeod Chapter 6. ‘Memory and Materiality: John Knox and the resilience of relic-thinking in the continuity and gender of cult in late medieval and early modern Perth, Scotland’ by Mark A. Hall Chapter 7. ‘"She-zealots" and "Satanesses": Women, patriarchy and the covenanting movement’ by Michelle D. Brock Chapter 8. ‘Emotion, Authority and Griefwork in the Spiritual Poetry of Lilias Skene’ by Sarah Dunnigan Part III: Politics Chapter 9. ‘Displaying Support for Women’s Lineage: Late medieval seals and family identity’ by Rachel Meredith Davis Chapter 10. ‘Another Damsel in Distress? Katherine Beaumont, a disinherited noblewoman in fourteenth-century Scotland’ by Iain A. MacInnes and　Morvern　French Chapter 11. ‘Negotiating Youth, Old Age and Manhood: A comparative approach to late medieval Scottish kingship’ by Lucy Dean Chapter 12. ‘Sons and Daughters, Mothers and Mercenaries: Agency and agenda in the cross-North Channel context c.1550–c.1600’ by Alison Cathcart Conclusion ‘New Vistas and the Future for Scottish Gender History’ by Cathryn Spence, Janay Nugent and Mairi Cowan　 Bibliography
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Engages with the latest scholarship on gender and history to provide a nuanced understanding of premodern Scotland

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Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Gender History is flourishing, and this volume brings together its leading scholars to display the fruits. Themed around place, faith and politics, these cutting-edge essays consider questions of women’s agency, presence and power in shaping Scottish society and economy. An important state of the field.

- Katie Barclay, University of Adelaide,

Gender influenced every aspect of life in medieval and early modern Scotland. This collection illuminates how gendered expectations and experiences shaped people’s relationships with where they lived, what they believed and how they exercised power. Showcasing new work by an international and interdisciplinary group of scholars, essays in this collection draw upon a wide range of sources to present familiar topics in original ways, while opening up unexpected vistas for our historical sight. Essays range from innovative interpretations of famous people and well-known events to examinations of the thoughts and activities of ordinary Scots, with consideration also for how people from the past are publicly commemorated today. Together, they demonstrate the centrality of gender in the shaping of Scottish history.
Les mer
Explores the role of gender in shaping premodern Scottish identity and history
List of Figures Notes on Contributors Abbreviations Preface Introduction ‘Engendering Scottish History for the Medieval and Early Modern Periods’ by Cathryn Spence, Janay Nugent and Mairi Cowan Part I: Place Chapter 1. ‘Mary, Queen of Scots, Three Noblewomen and a Fife "Murder Mystery"’ by Jane E.A. Dawson Chapter 2. ‘"Scottish Portias" Revisited: Women in the courts in early modern Scottish towns’ by Rebecca Mason Chapter 3. ‘Punching Back Against Patriarchy: The story of Jean Weir’ by Michael F. Graham Chapter 4. ‘Always at the Gate? Unlocking medieval women’s stories in modern-day Edinburgh’ by Rachel M. Delman Part II: Faith Chapter 5. ‘"She displays by her speeches": Marion Walker, Catholic speech and local resistance in early modern Glasgow’ by Daniel MacLeod Chapter 6. ‘Memory and Materiality: John Knox and the resilience of relic-thinking in the continuity and gender of cult in late medieval and early modern Perth, Scotland’ by Mark A. Hall Chapter 7. ‘"She-zealots" and "Satanesses": Women, patriarchy and the covenanting movement’ by Michelle D. Brock Chapter 8. ‘Emotion, Authority and Griefwork in the Spiritual Poetry of Lilias Skene’ by Sarah Dunnigan Part III: Politics Chapter 9. ‘Displaying Support for Women’s Lineage: Late medieval seals and family identity’ by Rachel Meredith Davis Chapter 10. ‘Another Damsel in Distress? Katherine Beaumont, a disinherited noblewoman in fourteenth-century Scotland’ by Iain A. MacInnes and　Morvern　French Chapter 11. ‘Negotiating Youth, Old Age and Manhood: A comparative approach to late medieval Scottish kingship’ by Lucy Dean Chapter 12. ‘Sons and Daughters, Mothers and Mercenaries: Agency and agenda in the cross-North Channel context c.1550–c.1600’ by Alison Cathcart Conclusion ‘New Vistas and the Future for Scottish Gender History’ by Cathryn Spence, Janay Nugent and Mairi Cowan　 Bibliography
Les mer
Engages with the latest scholarship on gender and history to provide a nuanced understanding of premodern Scotland

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781399512992
Publisert
2026-02-28
Utgiver
Edinburgh University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UP, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
288

Redaktør
Nugent Janay
Spence, Cathryn
Cowan Mairi

Biografisk notat

Janay Nugent is Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean in the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Lethbridge, Canada. Her research specialisation is gender, family and youth in early modern Scotland. She is co-editor with Elizabeth Ewan of Finding the Family in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland (Ashgate, 2008) and Children and Youth in Premodern Scotland (Boydell, 2015), as well as co-author with Laura A. M. Stewart of Union and Revolution: Scotland and Beyond, 1625-1745 (Edinburgh University Press, 2020), shortlisted for the Scotland’s National Book Awards in 2021 (Saltire Society Scotland / Comannn Crann Na H-Alba). Cathryn Spence is Associate Professor in the Department of History at University of Guelph, Canada. She specialises in late medieval and early modern history, and is secretary for the Economic and Social History Society of Scotland. She is author of Women, Credit, and Debt in Early Modern Scotland (Manchester, 2016), which won the Women’s History Network Prize, and co-editor with Aaron Allen of The Housemails Tax 1634-6 (Boydell, 2014). Mairi Cowan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Historical Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, Canada. She specialises in medieval and early modern history and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She is the author of Death, Life, and Religious Change in Scottish Towns c. 1350-1560 (Manchester, 2012) and The Possession of Barbe Hallay: Diabolical Arts and Daily Life in Early Canada (McGill-Queen's, 2022).

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