Complex masculinity: noblemen, illegitimate children, and fatherhood -- Beyond chastity: women, illegitimate children, and reputation -- Send the baby to me: the care and custody of illegitimate children -- A person not born of lawful marriage: the uncertainties facing illegitimate adults -- "It is such a burden to me": the emotional implications of illegitimacy.
Summary:
"This book looks at illegitimacy across the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and analyzes its implications for gender and family structure in the Spanish nobility, a class whose actions, structure, and power had immense implications for the future of the country and empire"-- Provided by publisher.
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