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  • Record Number: 45675
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Barzis , Benedictus de, , Julius Kirshner and Osvaldo Cavallar
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  • Title: Children Born Illegitimately
  • Source: Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy: Texts and Contexts.  Edited by Osvaldo Cavallar and Julius Kirshner .  University of Toronto Press, 2020.  Pages 613 - 675. Available with a subscription from JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctv179h1fw.44
  • Description: A tract by Benedictus de Barzis, Children Born Illegitimately (1456) is translated. Barzi was teaching at the University of Perugia and sought to provide a summary and analysis of the legal opinions regarding illegitimate children, particularly in terms of their status, inheritance and possibilities for legitimation.
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Children Family Fathers Illegitimacy Inheritance Law
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 15
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  • Author's Affiliation: Nanzan University [Cavallar]; University of Chicago [Kirshner- Emeritus Professor]
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  • Year of Publication: 2020.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781487507480 (print); 9781487536336 (online)