Defamation in the Lothians and Argyll, 1750-1800

The aim of the project was to transcribe and analyse the records of all cases of scandal (i.e. defamation) in the Edinburgh and Argyll Commissary Courts between 1750 and 1800. There has been a good deal of work done on this subject for early modern England (and some for early modern America), much o...

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Main Author: Leneman, Leah 1944-1999 (Author)
Format: Electronic Research Data
Language:English
Published: Colchester UK Data Service 2020
In:Year: 2020
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
court records
Courts
Gender
legal procedure
libel and slander
Perjury
Personal Names
Sexual offences
Theft
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Summary:The aim of the project was to transcribe and analyse the records of all cases of scandal (i.e. defamation) in the Edinburgh and Argyll Commissary Courts between 1750 and 1800. There has been a good deal of work done on this subject for early modern England (and some for early modern America), much of it stressing the gendered nature of insult. This material was gathered in order to investigate the extent to which the pattern of the phenomenon in Scotland conformed to the pattern in England.
DOI:10.5255/UKDA-SN-4066-1