SC3045 Scotland and the Wider World, c. 1600 - 1750
   
Lecturer Professor Steve Murdoch (St Katharine's Lodge, room 1.14)
   
Credits 30
   
Availability 2010-2011 - semester 2
   
Class Hour view timetable
   
Description The history of Scotland at St Andrews is taught with an eye to the European context that has shaped the indigenous culture and institutions of the country. The age witnessed large-scale migration from Scotland to a variety of destinations including Scandinavia, Poland-Lithuania and the Dutch Republic. The motivation for these movements can only be understood if viewed through both Scottish and continental lenses. As such, this course profiles the European states with which Scotland developed enhanced relations be they political, commercial, official or unofficial. It concludes with consideration of the changing axis of Scottish migration to Asia and the Transatlantic world.
   
Basic Reading
  • M. Glozier, Scottish Soldiers in France in the Reign of the Sun King (2004)
  • A. Grosjean, An Unofficial Alliance: Scotland and Sweden 1569 – 1654 (2003)
  • D. Catterall, Community Without Borders: Scots Migrants and the Changing Face of Power in the Dutch Republic 1600 – 1700 (2002)
  • G. Gardner, The Scottish Exile Community in the Netherlands, 1660-1690 (East Linton, 2004)
  • S. Murdoch, Scotland and the Thirty Years’ War 1618 – 1648 (2001)
  • S. Murdoch, Network North; Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Networks, 1603-1746 (2006)
  • D. Worthington, Scots in Habsburg Service, 1618-1648 (2003)
   

Course Structure
  1. Introduction: The Historiography of Scotland and Europe
  2. Destinations, Motivations and Mobility
  3. William Lithgow and the Polish Question: Perceptions of the Scottish Diaspora
  4. Regal Alliance and State Diplomacy: Scotland and Denmark-Norway 1589-1660
  5. Scotland and the Thirty Years’ War, 1618 - 1648
  6. European Support for the Wars in the Three Kingdoms
  7. Education, Enfranchisement and Ennoblement
  8. Scots and European Commercial Empires 1603 - 1750
  9. Changing Axis? Europe and the Transatlantic World
  10. Scotland: Emigré Perspectives
  11. Overview
   
Assessment 60% examination - 3-hour paper
40% coursework
   

Learning Outcomes
  • An appreciation of the value of foreign archival deposits to Scottish History
  • Developed skills in source interrogation and [including European language sources in translation]
  • An ability to apply historical learning to the world beyond academia
  
   
Restrictions None