This collection of essays presents historical approaches to the links which have existed for over 800 years between Scotland and one of the areas of continental Europe closest to her: the Low Countries.

Topics include: Flemish settlers in twelfth-century Scotland; the Count of Holland who claimed the Scottish throne in 1291; the Flemish aspect of the Auld Alliance with France; the view of Scotland taken by a Netherlands-born chronicler, Jean Froissart; Scotland’s late-medieval involvement in diplomacy with Guelders and in wool-exports to the Netherlands; the contacts of Scottish patrons with Netherlandish painters in the 15th and 16th centuries; Scots pursuing military careers and studies in the arts and law in the Low Countries in early modern times; parallels between Belgian Art Nouveau painting and the work of some Glasgow artists around 1900; comparisons between Scotland and the Low Countries in the 20th century in the realms of social housing and oil exploration.

These varied studies add detailed background to the subject of Scotland within Europe: a question now much debated. This volume is the third in the Mackie Monographs series, based on the Mackie Symposia held in the University of Aberdeen, which have as their theme the historical study of Scotland’s overseas contacts.

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1 Twelfth-Century Flemish Settlements in Scotland
• 2 Florence V, Count of Holland, Claimant to the Scottish Throne in 1291–2: his personal and political background
• 3 The Flemish Dimension of the Auld Alliance
• 4 Froissart and Scotland
• 5 The Place of Guelders in Scottish Foreign Policy, C.1449–c.1542
• 6 Northern Wools and Netherlands Markets at the Close of the Middle Ages
• 7 Scottish Patrons and Netherlandish Painters in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
• 8 Scots in the Wars of the Low Countries, 1572–1648
• 9 Some Scottish Students and Teachers at the University of Leiden in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries
• 10 Importing Our Lawyers from Holland: Netherlands Influences on Scots Law and Lawyers in the Eighteenth Century
• 11 Cross Currents in European Art and Design: Parallels between Belgian Art Nouveau and the Glasgow Style, c. 1890–1905
• 12 Twentieth-Century Social Housing in Scotland, Belgium and the Netherlands
• 13 The Impact of North Sea Oil on the Economic Bases of Scotland and the Netherlands: a comparison
• Index