Evidence: | 'Aucterderran, Fife: In common with the rest of Scotland, the vulgar are, for their station, literate, beyond all other nations. Puritanic and abstruse divinity come in for a sufficient share in their little stock of books; and it is perhaps peculiar to them, as a people, that they endeavour to form opinions by reading, as well as by frequent conversation, on some very metaphysical points connected with religion, and on the depper doctrines of Christianity. They likewise read, occasionally, a variety of other books unconnected with such subjects... Although the parish consists wholly of the poorer ranks of sociey, newspapers are very generally read and attended to'. |
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Century: | 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1791 and 1799 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Auchterderran, Fife | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Reading Group: | the people of Auchterderran, Fife |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Unknown |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) 'the poorer ranks of society' |
Occupation: | labourers and poor people |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Scotland |
Country of experience: | Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | [Puritanic and abstruse divinity texts] |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 171 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | John Sinclair | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Statistical Account of Scotland | |
Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
Date of Publication: | 1791-99 | |
Vol: | 1 | |
Page: | pp.456-7 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | John Sinclair, The Statistical Account of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1791-99), 1, p. pp.456-7, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=171, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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