
	History magazine - researches Reference: Laskova N.V. The Polish service of the Scotsman James Murray: from diplomat to the founder of the Polish Navy (1601–1634) // History magazine - researches. 2015. № 1. P. 62-64. URL: https://en.nbpublish.com/library_read_article.php?id=66604 Laskova N.V. The Polish service of the Scotsman James Murray: from diplomat to the founder of the Polish Navy (1601–1634) Abstract: The article examines an aspect pertaining to the question of Scottish emigration to the European continent in the 17th century. On the basis of documental material, which includes contemporary testimonies and royal correspondence, the article traces the “Polish” period in the biography of the Scotsman James Murray. This representative of the ancient Scottish clan, while being in the service of the Polish kings of the Vasa dynasty Sigismund III and Wladyslaw IV, manifested himself in various spheres: from court and royal messenger to colonel in the ranks of the Polish army. The popularisation of his image in the literary works of writer E. Ryhlinsky is also addressed. The research methodology of this study is based on a retrospective analysis, including information from documentary sources. The historical-genetic method is applied to determine the influence of personal-subjective elements in historical development and in objective factors. The novelty of this research lies in its overview of the little-known in historiography events that reflect the role of the named Scottish native in the creation of an effective Polish fleet in the 1620s. The article can be recommended to all interested in the history of Poland, Scotland, and Scottish emigration to Eastern Europe in the Early modern period. Keywords: Thirty Years’ War, Polish Navy, Scottish emigration, Scotland, Poland, Wladyslaw IV, Sigismund III Vasa, James Murray, Battle of Oliva, Smolensk War This article can be downloaded freely in PDF format for reading. Download article This article written in Russian. You can find original text of the article here . References 1. Butkus V. Mini-pobeda Pol'shi v morskoy bitve pod Olivoy // [Elektronnyy resurs] – URL: http://www.jura24.lt/ru/novosti/raznoje/mini-pobeda-pol-shi-v-morskojj-bitve-pod-olivojj-505694/psl-1 (data obrashcheniya: 21.12.2014). 2. Laskova N. V. Shotlandiya i shotlandtsy v pol'sko-britanskikh otnosheniyakh v pervoy polovine XVII veka //Aktual'nye problemy vseobshchey istorii. Mezhvuzovskiy sbornik nauchnykh statey. Rostov-na-Donu: RGPU, 2005. C. 62–73. 3. Laskova N. V. Shotlandskie kal'vinisty v Pol'she XVII veka // Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy. Severo-Kavkazskiy region. Obshchestvennye nauki. 2002. № 3. C. 39–44. 4. Makhov S., Sozaev E. Sokrushenie imperii // [Elektronnyy resurs] – URL: http://coollib.com/b/288511/read (data obrashcheniya: 23.12.2014). 5. Solov'ev S. M. Istoriya Rossii s drevneyshikh vremen. M.: Mysl', 1990. Kn. V, T. IX. 718 s. 6. Bajer P. Scots in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 16th to 18th Centuries: The Formation and Disappearance of an Ethnic Group. Leiden: Brill, 2012. 588 p. 7. Bieganska A. James Murray a Scot in the Making of the Polish navy // Scottish Slavonic Review. 1984. № 3. P. 1–9. 8. Bieganska A. A note on the Scots in Poland, 1550–1800 // Scotland and Europe 1200–1850 / Ed. by T. S. Smout. Edinburgh: J. Donald, 1986. P. 157–166. 9. Lithgow W. The Totall Discource of the rare Adventures and Painefull peregrinations of long ninteenth years travailes from Scotland, to the most famous Kingdomes in Europe, Asia and Africa. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Soons, 1906. 449 p. 10. Papers relating to the Scots in Poland 1576–1793. Edinburgh: Publications of the Scottish History Society, 1915. Vol. LIX. 362 p.

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