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Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c. 500-900 /
When a Spanish monk struggled to find the right words to convey his unjust expulsion from a monastery in a desperate petition to a sixth-century king, he likened himself to an aborted fetus. Centuries later, a ninth-century queen found herself accused of abortion in an altogether more fleshly sense....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK :
York Medieval Press,
[2015]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.