Alienated Affections
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: May 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780748610303
Subjects: Cultural studies; Separation & divorce; Social history; Women's studies; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; Scotland - History; History; History - General History; History: World; Scotland; Europe - Great Britain - General
First sentence: Divorce in Scotland, as in England, is now so common that it is difficult to project the mind back to earlier eras when to break up a marriage, particularly by a formal legal process, was exceptional.