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Women, Credit, and Debt in Early Modern Scotland
Cathryn Spence
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This text provides the first full-length consideration of women’s economic roles in early modern Scottish towns. Drawing on tens of thousands of cases entered into burgh court litigation between 1560 and 1640 in Edinburgh, Dundee, Haddington and Linlithgow, Women, credit and debt explores how Scottish women navigated their courts and their communities. The employments and by-employments that brought these women to court and the roles they had in the economy are also considered. In particular, this book explores the role of women as merchants, merchandisers, producers and sellers of ale, landladies, moneylenders and servants. Comparing the Scottish experience to that ... Read more
This text provides the first full-length consideration of women’s economic roles in early modern Scottish towns. Drawing on tens of thousands of cases entered into burgh court litigation between 1560 and 1640 in Edinburgh, Dundee, Haddington and Linlithgow, Women, credit and debt explores how Scottish women navigated their courts and their communities. The employments and by-employments that brought these women to court and the roles they had in the economy are also considered. In particular, this book explores the role of women as merchants, merchandisers, producers and sellers of ale, landladies, moneylenders and servants. Comparing the Scottish experience to that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Gender in History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784992538
SKU
V9781784992538
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Ref
99-2
About Cathryn Spence
Cathryn Spence is Assistant Professor of European History at the University of New Brunswick – Saint John -- .
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