Abstract
In his entry on fathers in De Proprietatibus Rerum (ca. 1240), Bartholomaeus Anglicus writes: “He loves most the son that is most like him and often observes and watches over him. He gives his children clothing and food and drink appropriate to their age. He purchases land and provides an inheritance for his children, and makes sure it increases. He tills the land and leaves it to his heirs.”1 Moving away from the more abstract scientific discourse on the father’s role in procreation that begins the entry, which he attributes to constantine and Aristotle, Bartholomaeus grounds his depiction of fatherhood in affect, provision, and inheritance. At the same time, he observes that a father’s actions are guided by the order of his children’s birth and how much they appear to resemble him. These themes are taken up again toward the end of the entry:
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