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This article examines aspects of the reception of the covenanters and their cause in the Dutch republic from the start of the civil wars to the return of the Restoration exiles almost five decades later. It begins by looking at the foundations of the Scottish-Dutch religious relationship before addressing the Dutch reaction to the rise of the covenanters, the arrival of Scottish exiles in the Dutch republic and the formation of several Scottish-Dutch religious networks, with particular attention paid to publishing and translation activities. The article concludes with reflection on the reception and impact of covenanter ideas as interpreted by their Dutch supporters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Kirsten Sandrock's I Scottish Colonial Literature: Writing the Atlantic, 1603-1707 i is a welcome addition to the growing scholarship on Scottish Atlantic engagement before the Union of 1707. Scottish Colonial Literature: Writing the Atlantic, 1603-1707: by Kirsten Sandrock, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2021, x + 229 pp., £75.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781474464000 Most important of all it considers not only Scotland in the Atlantic but the Atlantic in seventeenth-century Scotland and the way this helped shape the perceptions of its past, present and future. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the role of Scots as migrants in New Netherland and New York from 1609 to 1664. Topics include the relation of Scots in the area to the British Empire, the relationship between Scotland and the Netherlands, and the recruitment of Scottish emigrants by the Dutch West India Company (WIC).

In the early modern period Scotland and the Netherlands had a close relationship. Trade, religion and shared cultural traditions tied the two countries together, and goods, people and ideas travelled freely across the North Sea. That the Netherlands was the senior partner in this relationship is well known. This paper presents an overview of the religious and academic climate in the Netherlands and the appeal of the Netherlands to Scots as background to the 17th century Scottish-Dutch exchange when the Blaeu Atlas was produced. It also looks at the different connections between the two countries - trade, religion, military and, especially, educational links - which effectively provided the infrastructure and mechanics for this exchange. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the 1680s, Utrecht was the Dutch city of choice for many Scottish exiles. It was a different town, and certainly a different university from its main rival Leiden, which is usually associated with the Scottish academic presence in the United Provinces. This article discusses the specific composition and nature of the Scottish community at Utrecht in the late seventeenth century, suggesting that its particular identity was closely related to the unique position of both the town and its university within the United Provinces. It points out that the specific appeal of Utrecht in the late seventeenth century consisted of a number of reasons not usually associated with the traditional view of the United Provinces as a progressive and tolerant country. Moreover, it describes the dual presence of an academic and a political network of Scots, which could only have existed in Utrecht and not in any of the other Dutch cities due to a unique situation in Utrecht, which tied politics and academia together. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses various reports in this issue, including one about female authority during the Dutch Revolt, one about women in the Golden Age and another on loyalties in the Southern Netherlands.

The article discusses various reports published within the issue about Scotland and the Low Countries.