Abstract
The socio-economic background of the Scottish emigrants to Poland-Lithuania has thus far received relatively little attention. Very few Scots recorded their reasons for migrating to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, so the motives put forward by historians are usually assumed rather than demonstrated by the available source documents. According to Clarke there existed two distinctive categories of migrants to pre-industrial towns: betterment migrants-those who were looking for improvement of their existence; and subsistence migrants- the desperate poor without means. The female migration is detailed in this chapter, but the growing number of baptisms and marriages involving Scots seems to corroborate both the increased number of women among the migrants and the changes in the nature of migration. The subject of Scottish women migrants is one of the least researched facets of Scottish migration to Poland-Lithuania. Another group of Scots in Poland-Lithuania were the diplomats, envoys, negotiators, factors, agents, financiers and businessmen.Keywords:Poland-Lithuania; Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth; Scottish migration; Scottish women migrants
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