Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c. 500-900. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Zubin Mistry.
• Authors: Mistry, Zubin
• Contents: Introduction: Thinking about Abortion in the Early Middle Ages -- 1. From Hope of Children to Object of God's Care: Abortion in Classical and Late Antique Society -- 2. The Word of God: Abortion and Christian Communities in Sixth- Century Gaul -- 3. Church and State: Politicizing Abortion in Visigothic Spain -- 4. Medicine for Sin: Reading Abortion in Early Medieval Penitentials -- 5. Tradition in Practice: Abortion under the Carolingians -- 6. Legislative Energies: Disputing Abortion in Law-Codes -- 7. Interior Wound: The Rumour of Abortion in the Divorce of Lothar II and Theutberga -- 8. Unnatural Symbol: Imagining Abortivi in the Early Middle Ages.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : York Medieval Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (342 pages)
• Subjects: 363.4609021; Abortion -- History -- To 1500; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; Abortion; Schwangerschaftsabbruch; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782045311; 1782045317
• Related ISBNs: 9781903153574; 1903153573
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.