| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gender in history
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Gender in history.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series information; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The shortage of specie; the need for credit; Women and work; Women and the law; Early modern Scottish towns; Sources; Notes; 1 'For her interest': women in debt litigation; Women in debt litigation in early modern Scottish towns; The role of wives in debt and credit networks; The role of widows in debt and credit networks; The role of servants; Conclusion; Notes; 2 'Furth of this realm' and 'in her shop': merchants and merchandisers. |
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Women as merchantsScottish overseas trade; Cloth trade; Skins, hides, and leather; Wine merchants; Women as merchandisers; The sale of wine; Books; 'Merchandise'; Conclusion; Notes; 3 Married partners and single women as producers; Women in the ale trades in England and Scotland; The role of marital status in the production of drink; The role of location in the sale of drink; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Owned, loaned, and pawned: the control of property; Women and property: control and use; Women as landladies in the 1635 Annuity Tax Roll; Moneylending and pawnbroking; Conclusion; Notes. |
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5 Female servants as creditors and debtorsThe lives of servants; Servants as creditors; Servants as debtors; Conclusion; Notes; Conclusion; Glossary; Appendix; Select bibliography; Archival sources; Published primary sources; Secondary sources; Index. |
| Summary |
Uses court records to re-evaluate women's economic roles in early modern Scotland. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- Scotland -- History -- 16th century.
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Women. |
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Scotland. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
16th century |
| Subject |
Women -- Scotland -- History -- 17th century.
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| Chronological Term |
17th century |
| Subject |
Women -- Scotland -- Finance, Personal -- History.
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Finance, Personal. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Spence, Cathryn (Researcher). Women, credit, and debt in early modern Scotland 1784992534 (OCoLC)920729990 |
| ISBN |
9781784996956 (electronic book) |
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1784996955 (electronic book) |
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9781526104182 |
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1526104180 |
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1784992534 |
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9781784992538 |
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