Sin in the city
Subtitle: sexuality and social control in urban Scotland 1660-1780
By: Leah Leneman and Rosalind Mitchison.
Contributors: Mitchison, Rosalind.
Publisher: Scottish Cultural Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
Subjects: Adultery -- Scotland -- History; Church and state -- Scotland -- History; Family -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches; Family -- Scotland -- History; Illegitimacy -- Scotland -- History; Marriage -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches; Marriage -- Scotland -- History
Description: "Unmarried pregnant women - and the men who caused their pregnancies - were targeted by Scottish church courts determined to maintain a godly society." "Sin in the City provides unique glimpses into the thoughts, feelings and actions of ordinary men and women living in the Scottish cities of Aberdeen, Glasgow, Dundee and Edinburgh, where records are even richer than their rural counterparts."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.