19 minutes ago - READ PDF Broken Promises - Scottish Breach of Promise Cases | In 19th century Scotland, marriage for many women was the perceived route to a fulfilled life That was not always the case for men When a woman after a long engagement found herself dumped, it was not only humiliating but could also mean prolonged spinsterhood and reduced financial circumstances In the early 19th century it was a brave woman who went public and sued the man who had jilted herNorrie McLeish has researched the lives of ordinary people and their families who were involved in extraordinary situations In doing so he turns a spotlight on a neglected aspect of Scottish social history and brings back individual lifes that history would have forgottenFrom the Highlands to the Borders come the tales of women, some distraught, some angry whose passion still reaches out to us down the years There are a couple of men as well but they did not engage the sympathy of the juries of the timeThe author also outlines the development of the law on breach of promise of marriage in