GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup ISBN 9780748619658 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 through marriage to death Analytical in approach the coverage of topics is wide ranging from the ways people made a living through their non work activities including reading playing and relationships to the ways they experienced illness and approached death This volume Provides a rich and finely nuanced social history of the period 1600 1800Gets behind the politics of Union and Jacobitism and the experience of agricultural and industrial revolution Presents the scholarly expertise of its contributing authors in a accessible wayIncludes a guide to further reading indicating sources for further study

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