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suppose you were mutilated in some humiliating way (like loosing your legs or even your testicals or something) at a young age. If you were eldest the son of an English lord circa 1150, would he be likely to disinherit you in favour of a younger brother?

by /u/grapp in /r/AskHistorians

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