Clergy Widows in Early Modern Scotland
This article explores the way that widows of Scottish ministers negotiated the legal structure of the Presbyterian church courts in the seventeenth century. Making extensive use of presbytery records it locates clerical widows in relation to their kin and community networks and explores their abilit...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
2022
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Scottish church history
Year: 2022, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 111-132 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Women
B Rights B Law B Presbyteries B Church of Scotland B Gender |
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| Summary: | This article explores the way that widows of Scottish ministers negotiated the legal structure of the Presbyterian church courts in the seventeenth century. Making extensive use of presbytery records it locates clerical widows in relation to their kin and community networks and explores their ability to assert rights established in civil and ecclesiastical laws. This offers important insights into the experience of women, and particularly the widows of ministers, within the structures of church governance in early modern Scotland. |
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| ISSN: | 2516-6301 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Scottish church history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/sch.2022.0073 |