Royal bastards : the birth of illegitimacy, 800-1230 / Sara McDougall.

First edition.

9780191827631 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource : illustrations.

HQ999

306.8740940902

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.

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.

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Oxford studies in medieval European history.

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