Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 6945
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): McDonald , Jennifer R
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  • Title: Illegitimate Scots in the Registers of Supplications and the Registers of the Apostolic Penitentiary during the Pontificate of Sixtus IV (1471- 1484) [The Papal Penitentiary was one source of dispensation for men of illegitimate birth seeking clerical livings. Suppliants of humble origins were more likely to petition the Penitentiary. Those of noble origins or well connected socially or politically petitioned the Datary successfully. University educated men of illegitimate birth also successfully petitioned the Datary for dispensations. These men could afford the Datary's higher fees, while the humbler suppliant had to petition the more affordable penitentiary. Title note supplied by Feminae.]
  • Source: ... et usque ad ultimum terrae: The Apostolic Penitentiary in Local Contexts  Edited by Gerhard Jaritz, Torstein Jørgensen, and Kirsi SalonenCeu Medievalia.  Central European University Press, 2007.  Pages 33 - 42.
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  • Article Type: Essay
  • Subject (See Also): Canon Law Charters and Diplomatics Illegitimacy Papal Chancery Papal Datary Papal Penitentiary Scotland Sixtus IV, Pope
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  • Geographic Area: British Isles
  • Century: 15
  • Primary Evidence: Legal Document; Rome, Archivio Segreto Vaticano, Penitenzieria Apostolica.
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  • Author's Affiliation: University of Bergen
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  • Year of Publication: 2007.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9637326837