Introduction: a monstrous regiment of women? Elizabeth Ewan, Maureen M. Meikle. The foundation and patronage of nunneries by native elites in 12th- and early 13th century Scotland, R. Andrew Mc Donald; power through purity - the Virgin Martyrs and Women's Salvation in pre-Reformation Scotland, Audrey-Beth Fitch; women in Scottish Divinity, c. 1590-c.1640, David G. Mullan; Scots abroad in the 15th century -the princesses Margaret, Isabella and Eleanor, Priscilla Bawcutt, Bridget Henisch; images of women in 16th century Scottish manuscripts, Evelyn Newlyn; women of the Gaidhealtachd and their songs to 1750, Anne C. Frater; Dragonis baith and dowis ay in double forme - women at the Court of James V, 1513-1542, Andrea Thomas; politicking Jacobean women - Lady Ferniehirst, the Countess of Arran and the Countess of Huntly, c. 1580-1603, Ruth Grant; holde her at the Oeconomicke rule of the House - Anna of Denmark and Scottish court finances, 1589-1603, Maureen M. Meikle; in search of the antecedents of women's political activism in early 18th century Scotland - the daughters of Anne, Duchess of Hamilton, Karl von den Steinen; for whatever Ales Ye - women as consumers and producers in late medieval Scottish towns, Elizabeth Ewan; embroidery to enterprise - the role of women in the book trade of early modern Scotland, Alastair Mann; the power behind the merchant? women and the economy in late 17th century Edinburgh, Helen Dingwall; women and legal representation in early 16th century Scotland, John Finlay; wife and widow - the evidence of statements and marriage contracts, c. 1600, Winifred Coutts; women and the church courts in Reformation-era Scotland, Michael F. Graham; women and the witch-hunt, Julian Goodare; a woman's place - birth order, gender and social status in Highland houses, Roxanne Reddington-Wilde; wet nurses and unwed mothers in 17th century Aberdeen, Gordon DesBrisay; wed to the Manse - the wives of Scottish ministers, c. 1560-1800, Ian D. Whyte, Kathleen A. Whyte; women and gender in the early modern western Gaidhealtachd, Domhnall Uilleam Stiubhart.