14-12-2021, 07:15 PM
Did these people even look at the book? Statements such as..
The iconography of the images is also unusual: only women are depicted, no men
or
Not a single image shows a building
Are simply false and can be disproven with a quick look.
And the historical side of the theory is nonsense. In the 15th century bastards were still (in most countries) fully recognised and accepted as a fact of life by most noble families. Their very own example, of Jean de Dunois, runs counter to their own theory - he was fully accepted by the royal family and indeed recognised as a blood descendent (albeit through necessity).
Bastards were filius nullius under most laws, they were accepted as family members but were unable to inherit real property (to prevent the dissolution of estates). But there was nothing inherently shameful or second class about them, as there would be in later centuries, they had their place to play in society.
It may be a translation issue, but in one line they suggest it is by gypsies ( they remark often bastards came from gypsy circles) and in the next the bastards stand for the future, for the continuation of the royal houses.
What's the publication date? Is this some sort of obscure, lost in translation April's fool?
The iconography of the images is also unusual: only women are depicted, no men
or
Not a single image shows a building
Are simply false and can be disproven with a quick look.
And the historical side of the theory is nonsense. In the 15th century bastards were still (in most countries) fully recognised and accepted as a fact of life by most noble families. Their very own example, of Jean de Dunois, runs counter to their own theory - he was fully accepted by the royal family and indeed recognised as a blood descendent (albeit through necessity).
Bastards were filius nullius under most laws, they were accepted as family members but were unable to inherit real property (to prevent the dissolution of estates). But there was nothing inherently shameful or second class about them, as there would be in later centuries, they had their place to play in society.
It may be a translation issue, but in one line they suggest it is by gypsies ( they remark often bastards came from gypsy circles) and in the next the bastards stand for the future, for the continuation of the royal houses.
What's the publication date? Is this some sort of obscure, lost in translation April's fool?
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