More about the Scottish Diaspora in Poland:
"Appreciating the bravery of Scottish infantry, King Stefan Batory invited immigrants of this nationality to Poland. With a decree from 1577, he gave them the right to settle in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, to have their own self-governments and judiciary.
He did the same thing as King Casimir III before him in regard to Jews.
Mass emigration of Scottish people to Poland since the 16th century, and especially in the 2nd half of the 16th century and during the 17th century, was caused by many factors - especially of economic and religious nature - writes Waldemar Kowalski in his book "Wielka Imigracja". Overpopulated cities and shortage of fertile soils in their homeland encouraged Scottish people to look for happiness in Poland.
When Scotland was affected by religious wars, many Scottish Catholics took refuge Poland.
At the beginning, mass immigration of Scots to Poland caused hostility of the local population. During the session of the Polish Parliament in 1637, deputy Andrzej Rej demanded immediate deportation of 40,000 Scottish immigrants from Poland.
However, other deputies ignored his demands. (...) Today we no longer remember about that large group of foreigners, comparable in size to the Jewish Diaspora in Poland at that time. Memory faded, because just two generations were enough for the Scots to fully assimilate and melt into the Polish society. It was possible thanks to lack of religious and cultural barriers."
Translated from:
http://wiadomosci.dziennik.pl/histor...-osadnicy.html
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