SW10/HCC: Lateran Speaks

[Scott Eiler]

"Andrew Perron"  wrote in message 
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> > WJM:  No comment on the right of "droit du seigneur", of the head of
> > household over all women in his house?
> >
> > Lateran:  That thus-called right is a slander against medieval lords. 
> > There
> > is no evidence that any lord used it.
>
> It's true - in Europe, anyway, and in the form most often cited (that the
> lord had the right to spend the first night with a newly-wedded bride).
> Not that that the people who'd use it would need a law to justify
> themselves.

And not that the people who'd be used would be able to write down their 
testimony.

> Well-done portrayal, I must say.  Though the places where he's clearly
> working hard to justify himself in spite of reality are just a bit too
> transparent.  Still good.

Thanks.   I think I can admit, Lateran never molested his little sister. 
But anything else is wide open.