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Royal bastards : the birth of illegitimacy, 800-1230 / Sara McDougall.
Series: Oxford studies in medieval European history: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191827631 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Illegitimate children -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 | Social status -- Europe -- History -- To 1500 | Europe -- Social conditions -- To 1492 | Europe -- History -- 476-1492
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780198785828DDC classification: 306.8740940902 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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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| ebook | House of Lords Library - Palace Online access | 1 | Available |
This edition previously issued in print: 2016.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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