Custody Of Children In Feudal England, 1066 To 1400Following the Norman Conquest in 1066, and with t
Custody Of Children In Feudal England, 1066 To 1400Following the Norman Conquest in 1066, and with the advent of feudalism and the increased influence of ecclesiastical law near the end of the Middle Ages, women lost many of the legal advantages they had possessed during the first few centuries of the Middle Ages. Since divorces were rare, most custody disputes involved contests between a parent and a third party (or between two third parties, if both parents were dead.) This was most likely to occur when a father died leaving a will in which he named a third party to take care of the children. In such cases, the father had a legal right to designate a testamentary guardian for his child other than the child’s mother.image: David playing the harp, surrounded by musicians and dancing children. C. 1500-10, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague -- source link
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