Title Women, credit, and debt in early modern Scotland / Cathryn Spence

Published Manchester [U.K.] : Manchester University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 207 pages) : illustrations Series Gender in history Gender in history. 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 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 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Women -- Scotland -- History -- 16th century Women -- Scotland -- History -- 17th century Women -- Scotland -- Finance, Personal -- History Women -- Scotland -- History -- Renaissance, 1450-1600 HISTORY -- Social History. Women Women -- Finance, Personal Scotland Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2016301031 ISBN 9781784996956 1784996955 9781526104182 1526104180 9781784996338 1784996335

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