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Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c.500-900
Zubin Mistry
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Description for Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c.500-900
Hardcover. First full-length study of attitudes to abortion in the early medieval west. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; HBLC; HBTB; JFMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 774.
First full-length study of attitudes to abortion in the early medieval west. 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 queenfound herself accused of abortion in an altogether more fleshly sense. Abortion haunts the written record across the early middle ages. Yet, the centuries after the fall of Rome remain very much the "dark ages" in the broader history of abortion. This book, the first to treat the subject ... Read more
First full-length study of attitudes to abortion in the early medieval west. 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 queenfound herself accused of abortion in an altogether more fleshly sense. Abortion haunts the written record across the early middle ages. Yet, the centuries after the fall of Rome remain very much the "dark ages" in the broader history of abortion. This book, the first to treat the subject ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
356
Place of Publication
York, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903153574
SKU
V9781903153574
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Reviews for Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c.500-900
Makes a valuable contribution to the field that offers some important correctives....[Mistry's] study should be warmly welcomed by all interested in the medieval European history of abortion.
EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE
A detailed and even-handed treatment of difficult sources that offers a valuable correction to previous scholarship and a new window into early medieval religious thought.
ENGLISH HISTORICAL ... Read more
EARLY MEDIEVAL EUROPE
A detailed and even-handed treatment of difficult sources that offers a valuable correction to previous scholarship and a new window into early medieval religious thought.
ENGLISH HISTORICAL ... Read more