Recovering Early Modern Scottish Voices: A socio-cultural

埃尔斯金的家庭信件是一个非凡的档案宝库，在近代早期的记述中基本上被忽视了。本论文将解开这个突出的缓存le@ers，从而涵盖新的，重要的，档案地面。它的实质性的发现将提供新的洞察语言和社会在一个关键时期的Sco 2sh历史（改革，圣约，内战），并突出了生活和disGncGve书信的声音显着伯爵夫人的3月它将强调编辑决策的含义为语言的sco 2sh今天的形式，因为我们期待着未来更多的sco 2sh档案是可访问的。

The Erskine family correspondence is an extraordinary archival treasure trove, largely overlooked in accounts of the Early Modern period. This thesis will unlock this outstanding cache of le@ers and thus cover new, important, archival ground. Its substanGve findings will provide fresh insight into language and society at a key period of Sco2sh history (the ReformaGon, Covenanters, Civil War) and highlight the life and disGncGve epistolary voice of the remarkable countess of Mar. It will emphasise the implicaGons of editorial decision-making for language-idenGty formaGon today, as we look towards a future where more Sco2sh archives are made accessible.