TY - GEN AB - The stigmatisation as 'bastards' of children born outside of wedlock is commonly thought to have emerged early in medieval European history, but Sara McDougall demonstrates that until well into the late 12th-century a child's prospects depended more upon the social status and lineage of both parents than of the legitimacy of their marriage. AU - McDougall, Sara, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - HQ999 ET - First edition. ID - 798789 KW - Illegitimate children KW - Social status LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785828.001.0001 N2 - The stigmatisation as 'bastards' of children born outside of wedlock is commonly thought to have emerged early in medieval European history, but Sara McDougall demonstrates that until well into the late 12th-century a child's prospects depended more upon the social status and lineage of both parents than of the legitimacy of their marriage. SN - 9780191827631 T1 - Royal bastards :the birth of illegitimacy, 800-1230 / TI - Royal bastards :the birth of illegitimacy, 800-1230 / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785828.001.0001 ER -