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Record Number: 7029 Author(s)/Creator(s): McKee , Sally Contributor(s): Title: Inherited Status and Slavery in Late Medieval Italy and Venetian Crete [In comparing the situation of slaves' children fathered by their masters in Crete and in the mainland cities of Venice, Genoa, and Florence, the author argues that "Latin" ancestry counted in the colonial setting but not in the Italian cities. Introducing children of mixed parentage into society mattered more for a frontier society where the conquering Western Europeans were in the minority. However, in both areas in the late Middle Ages, custom pushed to extend free status to the children of slaves by assuming that the children inherited their fathers' status rather than their mothers' servile condition. Title note supplied by Feminae.]. Source: Past and Present 182, (February 2004): Pages 31 - 53. Description: Article Type: Journal Article Subject (See Also): Ancestry Children Crete Family Fathers Illegitimacy Imperialism Law Slaves Social Class Award Note: Geographic Area: Eastern Mediterranean;Italy Century: 14 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: University of California at Davis Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2004. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 00312746

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