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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458247203321

Autore

Foyster Elizabeth A

Titolo

A History of Everyday Life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800 [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-62003-7

9786612620034

0-7486-2906-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

A history of everyday life in Scotland  A history of everyday life in Scotland, 1600 to 1800

Altri autori (Persone)

WhatleyChristopher A

Disciplina

306.0941109032

941.106

Soggetti

Scotland -- History -- 17th century

Scotland -- History -- 18th century

Scotland -- Social conditions -- 17th century

Scotland -- Social conditions -- 18th century

Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 17th century

Scotland -- Social life and customs -- 18th century

Regions & Countries - Europe

Great Britain

History & Archaeology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Foreword; Introduction Recovering the Everyday in Early Modern Scotland; Chapter 1 Everyday Structures, Rhythms and Spaces of the Scottish Countryside; Chapter 2 Improvement and Modernisation in Everyday Enlightenment Scotland; Chapter 3 Death, Birth and Marriage in Early Modern Scotland; Chapter 4 Illness, Disease and Pain; Chapter 5 Necessities: Food and Clothing in the Long Eighteenth Century; Chapter 6 Communicating; Chapter 7 Order and Disorder; Chapter 8 Sensory Experiences: Smells, Sounds and Touch



Chapter 9 Beliefs, Religions, Fears and NeurosesChapter 10 Movement, Transport and Travel; Chapter 11 Work, Time and Pastimes; Annotated Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the ordinary daily routines, behaviours, experiences and beliefs of the Scottish people during a period of immense political, social and economic change. It underlines the importance of the church in post-Reformation Scottish society, but also highlights aspects of everyday life that remained the same, or similar, notwithstanding the efforts of the kirk, employers and the state to alter behaviours and attitudes.Drawing upon and interrogating a range of primary sources, the authors create a richly coloured, highly-nuanced picture of the lives of ordinary Scots from birth thro