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The Scottish Experience of Divorce and Separation, 1684-1830
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Alienated Affections: The Scottish Experience of Divorce and Separation, 1684-1830. By Leah Leneman (Edinburg: Edinburgh University Press, 1998. vi plus 354pp.). Despite the methodological richness and variety spawned by social history, new and old, archival research remains the predominant model for historical scholarship. A previously unexplored cache of papers thus continues to represent an exciting opportunity. Just such an opportunity forms the basis for Leah Leneman’s Alienated Affections. The vagaries of the legal record in Scotland left intact full documentation of 904 divorce and 175 separation actions brought before the commissary court between 1684 and 1830, virtually the entire population of such cases. Leneman explores these documents for what they can tell us about, in the words of her subtitle: “The Scottish Experience of Divorce and Separation.” Her book makes an important addition to a growing body of work on the history divorce based on evidence gleaned from the judicial records of individual… Source : accessmylibrary.com |
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