Set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189 - 92), The Betrothed is
the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. The betrothed is
Eveline, daughter of a Norman noble, who is a victim of the Crusade
in that her intended husband is required by the Church to fulfil
his vow to join the war and departs for three years. The full
horror of an arranged marriage, and of being a possible prize as
men seek to gain possession of her is vividly realised--the heroine
is never free; her fate is always determined by the agency of men.
And being set on the Marches of Wales, it is not just men but
differing cultures that strive for mastery over her. The Betrothed
is a problem novel: as Scott was writing he himself was arranging
the marriage of his elder son. It is a problem novel too in that it
was deeply disliked by Scott's printer and publisher who forced
significant changes. What Scott was required to do to meet their
objections has been confronted for the first time in this, the
first critical edition of the novel.
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