Were bastards really loathed during Medieval times?

The first reason is that the whole of medieval society was based around the family and matrimony as a way to define and expand family. Everybody was interested in preserving it, nobody in weakening it. read more

Medieval times or Medieval Europe covers about a thousand year history spanning an entire continent. In 15th century Burgundy the bastard sons of Phillip the Good dined with him on public occasions and many of them got nice positions assigned and they married nobles. Not all EIGHTEEN of them though. read more

Medieval knights trained to use a bastard and other medieval swords and weapons from a very early age and it would take many years for them to master the use of a medieval bastard sword weapon. Even though the bastard sword was lighter than many medieval swords, you also needed great strength to be able to use this weapon for any length of time. read more

Bastards were a common occurrence in the Middle age and they are not loathed at all as a group. To ut thing straight people of Middle ages are not at all sexuofobics and or puritanical, such behaviours are instead a gentle homage of Reformation and the emergence of new type of sexually transmitted disease coming from the New World. read more