Bastardy in Butleigh: Illegitimacy, Genealogies and the Old Poor Law in Somerset, 1762–1834
Early academic histories of non-marital motherhood often focused on the minority of mothers who had several illegitimate children. Peter Laslett coined the phrase ‘the bastardy prone sub-society’ to describe them. More recent qualitative research has questioned the gendered persp...
Main Author: | Henry French |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-01-01
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Series: | Genealogy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2313-5778/4/1/13 |
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