Love and Courtship

Courtship and love in the time period of the Scottish broadsides is an interesting topic to explore further. Courtship and love was written about in a variety of ways, including songs, such as romantic love letters; humour, such as silly lover letters; and crimes of passion, which were written about in the context of murder and trials. Below are some summary visualisations that show where in Scotland courtship was written about, what words were commonly used before love and the topics that were written about in broadsides about courtship.