The sins of the fathers : the law and theology of illegitimacy reconsidered /
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| Author / Creator: | Witte, John, Jr., 1959- |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. |
| Description: | xiv , 211 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7686698 |
Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Introduction: the paradoxes of illegitimacy
- 1. Suffer the innocent children: illegitimacy in early Judaism and Christianity
- 2. Woe to bastards: the classical Roman law of illegitimacy and legitimation
- 3. The wages of sin: sex, marriage, and illegitimacy in medieval canon law
- 4. Heir of no one: the English common law of illegitimacy and its reforms
- 5. The rights of all children: the new law of non-marital childhood in America and beyond
- Concluding reflections
- Bibliography
- Index to biblical sources
- Subject index
