TWO ‘Scottish Portias’ Revisited: Women in the Courts in Early Modern Scottish Towns

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Figures and Tables vii
4. Notes on the Contributors ix
5. List of Abbreviations xiv
6. Preface xvi
7. Introduction Engendering Scottish History for the Medieval and Early Modern Periods 1
8. Part One Place
9. 1 Mary, Queen of Scots, Three Noblewomen and a Fife ‘Murder Mystery’ 11
10. TWO ‘Scottish Portias’ Revisited: Women in the Courts in Early Modern Scottish Towns 31
11. THREE Punching Back against Patriarchy: The Story of Jean Weir 48
12. FOUR Always at the Gate? Unlocking Medieval Women’s Stories in Modern-day Edinburgh 62
13. Part Two Faith
14. FIVE ‘She displays by her speeches’: Marion Walker, Catholic Speech and Local Resistance in Early Modern Glasgow 85
15. SIX Memory and Materiality: John Knox and the Resilience of Relic-thinking in the Continuity and Gender of Cult in Late Medieval and Early Modern Perth 104
16. SEVEN ‘She-zealots’ and ‘Satanesses’: Women, Patriarchy and the Covenanting Movement 123
17. EIGHT Emotion, Authority and Griefwork in the Spiritual Poetry of Lilias Skene 141
18. Part Three Politics
19. NINE Displaying Support for Women’s Lineage: Late Medieval Seals and Family Identity 159
20. TEN Another Damsel in Distress? Katherine Beaumont, a Disinherited Noblewoman in Fourteenth-century Scotland 179
21. ELEVEN Negotiating Youth, Old Age and Manhood: A Comparative Approach to Late Medieval Scottish Kingship 193
22. TWELVE Sons and Daughters, Mothers and Mercenaries: Agency and Agenda in the Cross-North Channel Context, c. 1550–c. 1600 210
23. Conclusion New Vistas and the Future for Scottish Gender History 224
24. Bibliography 226
25. Index 257