Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c.500-900
Author:   Zubin Mistry
Publisher:   York Medieval Press
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9781903153758


Pages:   356
Publication Date:   19 May 2017
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Author:   Zubin Mistry
Publisher:   York Medieval Press
Imprint:   York Medieval Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.531kg
ISBN:  

9781903153758


ISBN 10:   1903153751
Pages:   356
Publication Date:   19 May 2017
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction From Hope of Children to Object of God's Care: Abortion in Classical and Late Antique Society The Word of God: Abortion and Christian Communities in sixth-century Gaul Church and State: Politicizing Abortion in Visigothic Spain Medicine for Sin: Reading Abortion in Early Medieval Penitentials Tradition in Practice: Handling Abortion under the Carolingians Legislative Energies: Disputing Abortion in Law-Codes Interior Wound: The Rumour of Abortion in the Divorce of Lothar II and Theutberga Unnatural Symbol: Imagining Abortivi in the Early Middle Ages Afterword Bibliography

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Mistry's analysis is characterized by careful and adroit readings of an unusually wide variety of sources... This book is both learned and thought-provoking. JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORYBR> (A) brilliant cultural history of abortion. FRANCIA Mistry's relentless focus on early medieval sources reveals their varied attitudes to abortion, complicating the picture provided by such scholars as John Noonan, who wanted to see Catholic teaching as unchanging on the matter. His book will therefore prove valuable to early medievalists interested in marriage, sexuality, and religion. H-NET In this learned and wide-ranging study, historian Mistry examines the institutions and communities that construed abortion as a social problem c. 500-900. Recommended. CHOICE


Mistry's analysis is characterized by careful and adroit readings of an unusually wide variety of sources. . . . This book is both learned and thought-provoking. JOURNAL OF INTERDISCIPLINARY HISTORYBR> (A) brilliant cultural history of abortion. FRANCIA Mistry's relentless focus on early medieval sources reveals their varied attitudes to abortion, complicating the picture provided by such scholars as John Noonan, who wanted to see Catholic teaching as unchanging on the matter. His book will therefore prove valuable to early medievalists interested in marriage, sexuality, and religion. H-NET In this learned and wide-ranging study, historian Mistry examines the institutions and communities that construed abortion as a social problem c. 500-900. Recommended. CHOICE


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