Anglo-Scottish migration and the Making of Great Britain, 1603-1762The University of Manchester

盎格鲁-苏格兰移民和大不列颠的形成，1603-1762 曼彻斯特大学

• 批准号: AH/K000012/1
• 负责人: Keith Brown
• 金额: $ 3.94万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FK000012%2F1
• 关键词: Anglo; Scottish; migration; Making; Great

'Anglo-Scottish migration and the Making of Great Britain, 1603-1762' will investigate migration between England and Scotland in the early modern period. Although studies of British external migration in this period have been developed, this has seldom included a focus on movement within Britain. Consequently, the long-term effects of this movement for the development of the British state or a British identity in a period characterised by a changing Anglo-Scottish political relationship have not been considered in any detail.The research undertaken by the network will focus on the period from the union of the crowns in 1603, through the union of the English and Scottish parliaments in 1707, and into the mid-eighteenth century, by which time the British state was secure and a form of British identity had arguably emerged. At either end of this period stands James VI and I, a Scottish king who became king of Great Britain, and Lord Bute, a Scottish politician who became prime minister of Great Britain. The research generated by the network will ask questions regarding the origins of individual and groups of Scots who settled in England in the early modern period, and explore their experiences of this movement. It will identify the catalysts for this migration taking place and its consequences both for the composite nations of England and Scotland, and for Great Britain as a coherent state. The network will consider this primarily from an historical perspective, but will incorporate scholars of related disciplines and will ask questions with relevance to contemporary society (see Academic Beneficiaries/Impact Summary).In the upper levels of society there is significant evidence of Scots at the royal court, in government, holding military and colonial offices, and integrating within aristocratic circles. Below this strata the picture is less clear. This network will penetrate beyond existing, vague notions regarding the experiences of Scottish doctors and soldiers, to uncover the stories of ordinary Scots who made their way to England and whose lives became part of the glue that created Great Britain. The experiences and perception of individuals who left their homes in Scotland and made new lives for themselves in England must be placed alongside our analysis of state formation and national identity. Why did they leave; where did they go; what skills did they bring with them; what resistance did they encounter; to what extent did they create new identities? These are just some of the questions that will be considered by the network, and we will answer them by using a range of theoretical approaches, embracing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. This research will include an attempt to consider the number of Scots who settled in England, to analyse their occupational classification, and to assess regional variation, but will also assess their motives and relate selected narratives.One central question that will be addressed is the extent to which this migration might be considered to be successful. The working thesis is that Scots did not have a difficult time in England, that they mixed at all levels in the host society, and that neither was the legitimacy of their own identity seriously challenged, or any impediment put in the way of their integration into local communities. Scots could choose to remain distinctively Scottish, or they could assimilate and become English, or indeed British. That thesis needs to be tested with greater empirical data, particularly outside elite society. But if it is correct, we need a more refined explanation than some indistinct notions of similar language and religion and a united monarchy. We may also be able to construct a model of 'successful' migration with a view to feeding into discussion of migration policy.

“盎格鲁-苏格兰移民和大不列颠的形成，1603-1762”将调查近代早期英格兰和苏格兰之间的移民。虽然这一时期英国对外移民的研究已经发展起来，但这很少包括对英国境内移民的关注。因此，在一个以盎格鲁-苏格兰政治关系变化为特征的时期，这场运动对英国国家或英国身份发展的长期影响没有得到任何详细的考虑。该网络进行的研究将集中在从1603年王冠联盟到1707年英格兰和苏格兰议会联盟，一直到世纪中期，英国的国家安全了，一种英国身份认同的形式也出现了。这一时期的两端分别是詹姆斯六世和我，一位苏格兰国王后来成为大不列颠国王，以及布特勋爵，一位苏格兰政治家后来成为大不列颠首相。该网络产生的研究将询问有关现代早期定居在英格兰的苏格兰人个人和群体的起源，并探索他们对这一运动的经历。它将确定这种迁移发生的催化剂及其对英格兰和苏格兰的复合国家以及作为一个连贯国家的大不列颠的后果。该网络将主要从历史的角度来考虑这一点，但将纳入相关学科的学者，并将提出与当代社会相关的问题（见学术受益人/影响摘要）。在社会的上层有苏格兰人在皇家法院，在政府，举行军事和殖民地办事处，并在贵族圈内整合的重要证据。在这一层之下，情况就不那么清楚了。这个网络将超越现有的，模糊的概念，关于苏格兰医生和士兵的经验，揭示普通苏格兰人的故事，他们来到英格兰，他们的生活成为创造大不列颠的粘合剂的一部分。那些离开苏格兰家园，在英格兰开始新生活的人的经历和看法，必须与我们对国家形成和民族认同的分析放在一起。他们为什么离开;他们去了哪里，他们带来了什么样的技能;他们遇到了什么样的阻力;他们在多大程度上创造了新的身份？这些只是网络将考虑的一些问题，我们将通过使用一系列理论方法来回答这些问题，包括定量和定性方法。这项研究将包括试图考虑谁在英格兰定居的苏格兰人的数量，分析他们的职业分类，并评估区域差异，但也将评估他们的动机和相关的选择narratives.One中心问题，将被解决的是在何种程度上，这种迁移可能被认为是成功的。工作的论点是，苏格兰人在英格兰并没有遇到困难，他们在东道国社会的各个层面都混在一起，他们自己身份的合法性也没有受到严重挑战，或者在他们融入当地社区的道路上设置任何障碍。苏格兰人可以选择保持苏格兰特色，也可以同化成为英格兰人，甚至是英国人。这一论点需要用更多的经验数据来检验，特别是在精英社会之外。但是，如果它是正确的，我们需要一个更精确的解释，而不是类似的语言和宗教以及统一的君主制的模糊概念。我们还可以建立一个“成功”移徙的模式，以便为移徙政策的讨论提供投入。

项目成果

"Their Maxim is Vestigia Nulla Restrorsum": Scottish Return Migration and Capital Repatriation from England, 1603-c.1760

“他们的格言是 Vestigia Nulla Restorsum”：苏格兰回返移民和资本从英格兰遣返，1603 年至 1760 年

• DOI: 10.1093/jsh/shx051
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Journal of Social History
• 影响因子: 0.8
• 作者: Brown K

Land of Opportunity? The Assimilation of Scottish Migrants in England, 1603-ca. 1762

机遇之地？

• DOI: 10.1017/jbr.2018.113
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Journal of British Studies
• 影响因子: 1
• 作者: Brown K

Assimilation Aborted: Henry Clerk and the Limits of Anglo-Scottish Integration in the Age of Union

同化流产：亨利·克拉克和联合时代盎格鲁-苏格兰一体化的局限性

• DOI: 10.3366/jshs.2018.0245
• 发表时间: 2018
• 期刊: Journal of Scottish Historical Studies
• 影响因子: 0.2
• 作者: Brown K