Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th - 18th Centuries

This volume is part of the series titled The Northern World; North Europe and the Baltic c.400-1700 A.D. Peoples, Economics and Cultures. Bajer (history, Monash U., Australia), a Polish migrant in contemporary Australia, explains in his introduction that recent research has shown more migration in the early modern period (1500-1800) than previously thought. In this study he investigates in detail the particular migration announced in the title, exploring the activities of Scots who stayed a short time or permanently in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth--their social advancement, assimilation, and then disappearance as a distinct ethnic group in that area. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Peter Paul Bajer, Ph.D. (2009) in History, is an Adjunct Research Assistant at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and is currently teaching at Geelong Grammar School. His main areas of academic interest are: Scottish migration to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth XVIth to XVIIIth centuries; history of other ethnic/migrant groups (especially processes of naturalisation and ennoblement of foreigners) in Early Modern Poland; and accounts of contemporary British travellers to Central Europe. His publications include: "Scotsmen and the Polish nobility from the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century" (2008), "Scots in the Krakow Reformed Parish in the seventeenth century" (2011) and "‘Noli Me Condemnare’ – Migrant memories set in stone: the seventeen and the eighteenth century Scottish memorials in Poland." (Dec 2011).