Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 7324
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Blumenthal , Debra.
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  • Title: Sclaves molt fortes, senyors invalts: Sex, Lies, and Paternity Suits in Fifteenth-Century Spain [In the Kingdom of Valencia slaves who bore their masters' children were automatically set free. However, in some cases masters, wrongly or rightly, denied fatherhood, and slaves would press their suits in court. Blumenthal explores the often complex motivations involved including the willingness of masters or their heirs to claim impotence as a defense. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: Women, Texts, and Authority in the Early Modern Spanish World.  Edited by Marta V. Vicente and Luis R. Corteguera.  Ashgate, 2003.  Pages 17 - 35.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Abandoned Children
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of California, Santa Barbara
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  • Year of Publication: 2003.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 0754609502