Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Abbreviations
- Note on Translation
- 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
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Abbreviations
- Note on Translation
- 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
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c.500–900 , pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2015