Title: Sin in the city
First published: 1998
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.
Subjects: Adultery, Church and state, Family, History, Illegitimacy, Marriage, Protestant churches, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Family, Religious aspects of Marriage, British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700, British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900, Sex & sexuality, Sexual behaviour, Social history, Urban communities, c 1600 to c 1700, c 1700 to c 1800, History - General History, Social Science, Sociology, Scotland, Europe - Great Britain - Scotland, Archaeology, Families, Sex, Extramarital Relations, Christianity
Places: Scotland
LC classification: HQ617 .L35 1998