The legitimacy of bastards : the place of illegitimate children in later medieval England / Helen Matthews.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matthews, Helen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illegitimacy--England--History.

Illegitimacy.

Marriage--England--History.

Marriage.

Courtship--England--History.

Courtship.

Illegitimate children--Great Britain.

Illegitimate children.

History.

England.

Great Britain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxx, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA : Pen and Sword History, 2019.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Bastardy in Theory: The Legal Context p. 1

Canon Law p. 2

Common Law p. 5

Differences in Practice p. 6

Legitimation and its opposite p. 21

Forms of Legitimation p. 22

Legal Devices p. 28

Escheats p. 29

Chapter 2 A Case Study of Bastardy in Practice: The Warenne Family and After p. 31

Earl Warenne in context: his contemporaries p. 47

Chapter 3 Sexual Misconduct: Marriage and Adultery; Bastard-bearers and their Social Status p. 50

Marriage p. 50

Adultery p. 54

Adulteresses p. 55

Adulterers p. 61

Attitudes to bastard children p. 63

Chapter 4 The Inheritance of Bastards p. 68

Bastards and Estates p. 68

Monetary provision p. 100

Daughters and Marriage p. 104

Bastards and the wider family p. 105

Contrasts with Elsewhere p. 108

Chapter 5 Social Status, Career and Opportunities for Bastards p. 111

Public Office p. 112

Royal Service p. 116

Military Service p. 118

The Church p. 120

Guilds p. 126

Marriage p. 128

The Beauforts p. 129

Chapter 6 The End of an Era? p. 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1526716550

9781526716552

9781526757623

OCLC:

1083466514

Publisher Number:

99982117540