TY - BOOK AU - McDougall,Sara TI - Royal bastards: the birth of illegitimacy, 800-1230 T2 - Oxford studies in medieval European history SN - 9780191827631 (ebook) : AV - HQ999 U1 - 306.8740940902 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Illegitimate children KW - Europe KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Social status KW - Social conditions KW - To 1492 KW - 476-1492 N1 - This edition previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized 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 UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785828.001.0001 ER -