"The question of illegitimacy was important and complex in Scotland as elsewhere in the Middle Ages. This book examines its legal, political and social implications there between the [end of the] eleventh and fifteenth centuries. It explores illegitimacy in relation to royal suc…
First full-length examination of bastardy in Scotland during the period, exploring its many ramifications throughout society.
The question of illegitimacy was as important and complex in Scotland as elsewhere in the Middle Ages. This book examines its legal, political, and social implications there between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries. It explores illegitimacy in relation to royal succession an…
First full-length examination of bastardy in Scotland during the period, exploring its many ramifications throughout society.
Illegitimacy was an important subject in medieval Scotland. It was a legal barrier to inheritance, and its associations with wrongful sexual conduct could be socially stigmatising. We know that these disadvantages were taken seriously, since many parents turned to legal remedies…