Scotland and Poland  
Historical Encounters 1500-2010
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This collection of essays explores more than five centuries of Scottish-Polish interactions. It focuses on the two main moments of contact: the early modern experiences of Scottish pedlars, merchants, mercenaries and diplomats in the Polish-Lithuanian commonA--wealth and the Polish presence in Scotland during the twentieth and early twenty-first century. The latter period includes the Polish military presence in Scotland during World War II and the new Polish migration to Scotland after Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004. The book will be of interest to students and researchers who focus on the boom subject of early modern Scottish emigration to the European continent, and also to more general readers outside the scholarly community. It will be of value to the Polish community in Scotland and to anyone interested in the joint history of these two countries.
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This collection of essays explores more than five centuries of Scottish-Polish interactions. It focuses on the two main moments of contact: the early modern experiences of Scottish pedlars, merchants, mercenaries and diplomats in the Polish-Lithuanian commonA--wealth and the Polish presence in Scotland during the twentieth and early twenty-first century. The latter period includes the Polish military presence in Scotland during World War II and the new Polish migration to Scotland after Poland's accession to the European Union in 2004. The book will be of interest to students and researchers who focus on the boom subject of early modern Scottish emigration to the European continent, and also to more general readers outside the scholarly community. It will be of value to the Polish community in Scotland and to anyone interested in the joint history of these two countries.
Table of contents
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Forewords by Her Excellency Barbara Tuge-Erecińska, the Republic of Poland’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and Anna Tryc-Bromley, Deputy Director, Polish Cultural Institute
  • List of Contributors
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 ‘Brothers and Sisters for a’ that’: Rediscovering the Polish–Scottish Relationship
  • Part 1 Scots in Poland, 1500–1800
    • 3 Hiding from the Dogs: The Problem of Polish–Scottish Political Dialogue, 1550–1707
    • 4 The Reasons for the Immigration of Scots to the Polish Commonwealth in the Early Modern Period as Outlined in Contemporary Opinions and Historiography
    • 5 ‘Pardon me my Lord, that I wrytte to your honor in Scottish . . .’: William Bruce as the first Stuart diplomatic agent in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
    • 6 Scots in the Cracow Reformed Parish in the Seventeenth Century
    • 7 ‘Men of noe credit’? Scottish Highlanders in Poland–Lithuania, c. 1500–1800
    • 8 ‘The Penury of these Malignant Regions’: Comparing the Rural Economies of the Scottish Highlands and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Early Modern Period
  • Part 2 Poles in Scotland, 1940–2010
    • 9 ‘Bonnie Fechters’: The Polish Army and the Defence of Scotland, 1940–1942
    • 10 ‘God, Honour and Fatherland’: The Poles in Scotland, 1940–1950, and the Legacy of the Second Republic
    • 11 Press Reception of Polish Migrants in Scotland, 1940–2010
    • 12 Poles in Scotland – Before and After 2004
    • 13 The Polish Clan – A Personal View
  • Index
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