'The editors of this impressively wide-ranging collection of essays rightly point out that the search for the medieval and early-modern Scottish family has not gone far enough. Finding it has been immensely helped by both editors and contributors, whose work has done so much to move the subject on. A must for students of the family - and certainly not only within Scotland.' Jenny Wormald, University of Edinburgh, UK
A pioneering and significant collection which takes the subject further. Northern History
Although each piece is relatively brief, this volume packs a great amount of information and food for thought into a small package. ... I sincerely hope that their groundbreaking encourages others to dig deeper in the same earth, and I also hope that specialists in British family, women's, and social history put this volume on their "must read" list. The Medieval Review
Finding the Family in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland is a treasure trove of information on a subject area that has long been overlooked by many conventional historians of Scotland before 1750. ...This is a beautifully produced volume, with rigorous scholarship throughout... every student of medieval and early modern Scottish history - and family history in general - should read this book and be encouraged to explore this topic further from the rich variety of sources available. Sixteenth Century Journal