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Index
Cover page
Series page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication page
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Abbreviations
Genealogical Charts
Introduction
1. The Language of Illegitimacy in Medieval Europe
The Illegitimate Child
Illegitimate Mothers and Uncertain Parentage
Illegitimate Unions
Conclusion
2. The Carolingian Example: The Sons of Concubines
3. Illegitimacy and the Making of Medieval Dynasties c.900–c.1050
An Early Medieval Comparison: The Umayyads
The New Dynasties of the Tenth Century
Conclusion
4. Maternal Lineage and Anglo-Norman Succession c.950–c.1150
Conclusion
5. Canon Law, Canonists, and Bastards in the World of Ivo of Chartres
The Illegitimate Children of Philip I of France
6. Redefining Marriage and Legitimacy c.1140–1200: Ideas and Practices
Illegitimacy in Canon Law
Illegitimacy, The Papacy, and Succession
Illegitimacy in Vernacular Literature
7. Royal Bastards of the Twelfth Century: The Monk-King of Aragon’s Daughter, the Abbess-Countess of Boulogne’s Daughter, and Tancred of Lecce
The Monk-King
The Abbess-Countess
the Bastard King of Sicily
8. Illegitimacy and Legitimation in the Thirteenth Century: Pope Innocent III, King Philip II, and Emperor Frederick II
9. Scandal in Jerusalem: Royal Succession and Illegitimacy
The House of Jerusalem and Illegal Marriages
The Children of Illegal Marriages: Alice and Philippa
Epilogue: The Mother Who wanted to disinherit Her Own Children
10. Saint Fernando III: The Bastard King of León
Succession in Muslim Iberia: Conquerors and Concubines
The Illegitimate Lineages of Iberian Kings?
Illegal Marriages in Iberia and The Legitimacy of Fernando III
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index
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