Bad Husbands and Scottish Songs
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Dr Nichola Small of Plaidsong on the songwriter Carolina, Lady Nairne and her career, including Nicky singing Lady Nairne's songs. We hear the story behind the famous song 'Land O The Leal'. Ciaran Jones of Edinburgh University and Dr Louise Yeoman on John Corse, the man who accused his wife as a witch and the insights his confession gives into their marriage. Ashley Dee of the Open University on coercive control and abuse in Victorian marital cases - looking at what 'refined cruelty' was and some of the awful things stopping short of violence that husbands inflicted on wives who did not feel allowed to resist.
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