Royal bastards : the birth of illegitimacy, 800-1230 / Sara McDougall. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McDougall, Sara, author.

Series:

Oxford studies in medieval European history.

Oxford studies in medieval European history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illegitimate children--Europe--History--To 1500.

Illegitimate children.

Social status--Europe--History--To 1500.

Social status.

Europe--Social conditions--To 1492.

Europe.

Europe--History--476-1492.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

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.

Contents:

The language of illegitimacy in medieval Europe

The Carolingian example : the sons of concubines

Illegitimacy and the making of medieval dynasties c.900- c.1050

Maternal lineage and Anglo-Norman succession c.9500-c.1150

Canon law, canonists, and bastards in the world of Ivo of Chartres

Redefining marriage and illegitimacy c.1140-1200: ideas and practices

Royal bastards of the twelfth century : the monk-king of Aragon's daughter, the abbess-countess of Boulogne's daughter, and Tancred of Lecce

Illegitimacy and legitimation in the thirteenth century : Pope Innocent III, King Philip II , and Emperor Frederick II

Scandal in Jerusalem: Royal Succession and Illegitimacy

Saint Fernando III: The bastard king of León.

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 8, 2016).

ISBN:

0-19-182763-0