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    Bastardy in medieval Scotland

    Feb 12, 2022 2 minutes

    Illegitimacy in Medieval Scotland, 1100-1500

    Susan Marshall

    Boydell & Brewer, 2021

    264 pages

    Hardback, £50.00

    ISBN: 9781783275885

    This book is the first full-length exploration of bastardy in medieval Scotland from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Susan Marshall steers us through the waters of how illegitimacy

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