Bajer Peter Paul. Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th-18th Centuries. The Formation and Disappearance of an Ethnic Group

Brill, 2012. — 644 p.List of Figures, Maps and TablesConventions and Glossary
Introduction A New Perspective on Scottish Migration to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
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
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 Commonwealth’s Army from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
Religious Freedom in Poland-Lithuania from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
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
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
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
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
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 RedefinedList of Scottish and English Contributors to the 1651 Polish Subsidy
Scottish Names Appearing in the Baptismal and Marriage
Records of St Peter and St Paul Church, Gdańsk 1640–1649
Scottish Names Appearing in the Baptismal and Marriage
Records of St Elizabeth Church, Gdańsk 1640–1649
Scottish Names Appearing in the Baptismal and Marriage
Records of the Reformed Church in Königsberg 1640–1649
Reiestr Auditorów albo Słuchaczów Zboru
Wielkanockiego y Lucianowskiego
Scottish Names Appearing in the Baptismal and Marriage
Records of the Reformed Church in Wielkanoc/ Lucianowice 1640–1649
Scottish Names Appearing in the Baptismal and Marriage
Records of the Reformed Church in Wilno 1640–1649
Scottish Names Appearing in the Baptismal and Marriage
Records of the Reformed Church in Kiejdany 1640–1649
Reiestr Auditorów Zboru Kieydańskiego (1697)
Citizens of Kiejdany 1658–1735
Scots Admitted to Civic Rights in Lwów 1557–1754
British Diplomats in the Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth (1580–1700)
British Officers and Troops under British Command in
Poland-Lithuania (1570s–1790s)
Polish Nobility of British Origin 16th–18th Centuries
Families of Polish Nobility of British Origin 16th–18th
CenturiesIndex of Places
Index of Persons