The study of crime in early-modern Scotland remains under-developed, some strong local and thematic studies notwithstanding, and Scottish historians have not so far been able properly to assimilate the theoretical and methodological advances pioneered by scholars working on other jurisdictions, particularly England. This article seeks to begin addressing that gap through a detailed micro-study of crime and its punishment in Argyllshire during the Restoration (1660-88), rooted in systematic analysis of surviving court records. The results add weight to the growing historiographical evidence against traditional notions of a stark Highland/Lowland divide in the seventeenth century, while also outlining patterns of secular criminality and criminal justice which could form the basis of further research.

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早期现代苏格兰的罪与罚：恢复阿盖尔郡的世俗法庭，1660-1688 年

早期现代苏格兰的犯罪研究仍然不发达，尽管有一些强有力的地方和主题研究，而且苏格兰历史学家迄今为止还未能正确吸收其他司法管辖区，特别是英格兰的学者所开创的理论和方法论进步。本文旨在通过对复兴时期（1660-88 年）阿盖尔郡的犯罪及其惩罚进行详细的微观研究来开始解决这一差距，该研究植根于对幸存法庭记录的系统分析。这些结果增加了反对 17 世纪明显的高地/低地鸿沟的传统观念的越来越多的史学证据，同时也概述了世俗犯罪和刑事司法的模式，这可以构成进一步研究的基础。