Strict codes of discipline in relation to all matters concerned with courtship, marriage and family life were enforced by the parish courts in Scotland from 1660-1780 and the two authors have studied the parish records kept at this time to provide an account of this and the general nature of Scottish society. They show how, after the Revolution of 1688, Scotland was in effect a theocracy and everyone's movements were controlled by a nationwide network of ministers, elders and informers.
- ISBN10 1898218897
- ISBN13 9781898218890
- Publish Date December 1998 (first published 3 August 1989)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scottish Cultural Press
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 128
- Language English