Beyond ‘the Antiseptic Realm of Theoretical Economic Models’: New Perspectives on Franco-Scottish Commerce and the Auld Alliance in the Long Seventeenth Century

Les Écossais en France: a modern diaspora?

“…This is possibly one of the longest formal relationships between two states in recorded history. While it has been claimed that this relationship, initially founded in 1295 by King John Balliol of Scotland and Philip IV of France, came to an end in the 1560 Treaty of Edinburgh (Bonner, 1999), others have argued that France refused to accept Westminster's abrogation of the Auld Alliance (Talbott, 2011a) and that it only came to an end at the start of the 20 th Century. The treaty relationship was firmly enshrined in the French sociopolitical system.…”

Review of periodical literature published in 2011

“…Oldland argues, contrary to the traditional viewpoint, that Norwich did not go into a rapid decline. Talbott writes about the Franco‐Scottish trade in the long seventeenth century, and his title includes the words ‘beyond the antiseptic world of theoretical economic models’. Meyers discusses the downfall of the sixteenth‐century Portuguese merchant Peter Freire.…”

‘Such unjustificable practices’?:Irish trade, settlement, and society inFrance, 1688–1715

“…5, 96, 245; Murdoch, Network north , p. 136; Talbott, ‘Scottish return migration’, pp. 58, 65; eadem, ‘New perspectives’, pp. 161–2; Bayard, ‘Naturalization in Lyon’, pp.…”

“…Talbott, ‘British commercial interests’, pp. 394–7; eadem, ‘New perspectives’, pp. 151–6; eadem, Conflict , commerce , pp.…”