Women in Scotland's History
Chip Clark
Mary Queen of Scots (obviously a woman) played an important role, but John Knox was furious that a woman would hold a post and that it was an affront to GOD that she did. If this attitute was widespread where does the matriarcal linage come in? I am trying to gain some understanding of what role women did play in the events of History and how they were looked upon by society.
There are a number of good books [Still Life in the Renaissance, A Scottish History] but none of them cover any details of the common man (or woman) in Scotland. Still Life - covers more about France than any other country and I'm not sure the attitudes can be transmutted to the Scots.
The period I am researching is the Renaissance (circa 1430-1600) - the reign of James III through James VI of Scotland.
The information sought is a better understanding of common (or even noble) life. What did the people do? Who gave the orders? and to do What? How did they live? What were some of the customs and ceremonies of the day? Women have always played a vital role in history. From the time of Troy (the play Trogan Women) to today, they are mentioned (even featured) in literature. Is there any literature in this period of "Re-learning" that discusses who and what women are?
SIDE NOTE: I have discovered a copy of QMary's poetry - but I can't find a copy of the "Casket Letter's" she supposedly wrote. This is the kind of Documentation I am looking for.
Chip Clark
cmc...@novell.com
For those who are wondering -= I am male - but interested in the role of Women in History.
Robert Lewis
>I am doing some research on Scottish history. The society was Matriarcal so what role did women play in history?
Note it was the Picts who it has been claimed were matrilineal, though
on some rather tenuous pieces of information (mind you most things about
the Picts are rather tenouous). Note that matrilineal does not mean
matriarchal. The Picts were different from the Scots,
who arrived in Scotland in the 5th century, they probably spoke a
non-Indo-European language and, as mentioned previously, may have had
matrilineal succession.
>Mary Queen of Scots (obviously a woman) played an important role, but John Knox was furious that a woman would hold a post and that it was an affront to GOD that she did. If this attitute was widespread where does the matriarcal linage come in? I am trying to gain some understanding of what role women did play in the events of History and how they were looked upon by society.
What ever the link was has a 1000 years to it and comes from a different
cultural tradition.
Robert M. Lewis rle...@muskwa.ucs.ualberta.ca
Department of Sociology
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada