medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I find nothing about birth defects in:
Edward Peters, The Shadow King: Rex inutilis in medieval law and
literature (Yale UPr, 1970).
Tom Izbicki
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> I was wondering if the fact that a heir in a county, duchy or even kingdom
> was deformed, f.i. hunchbacked, could prevent him from succeeding? Could
> that have been a biblical or canonical nono? Still a duke like Godfrey III
> of Lotharingia (+1076) was called the Hunchback. Or was that based on
> misinformation at the chronicler's-level?
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> Henk
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