medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Nothing on incest, not even the birth of Modred.
Mostly Peters' sources discuss incompetent & under-performing rulers.
Tom Izbicki
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> But does it have anything to say about moral depravity (eg incest) or
> mental
> retardation ?
>
> BMC
>
>
>> 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
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>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Henk
>>>
>>>
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