04-16-2018, 10:45 AM
Dicap, as far as I know the word "bastard" today is applied to a bad person, not a child born out of wedlock. Renard was a bastard under both uses of the word. I am old enough to remember when a fallen woman was scorned by the community, as far as I know (I live in a conservative area) that is no longer the case. Sex outside of marriage by men and women is not considered a reason why they should be shunned by the community. Being a "bastard" as defined above is a reason.