Evacuating the womb : abortion and contraception in the High Middle Ages, circa 1050-1300

This thesis examines contraception and abortion in high medieval legal, ecclesiastical, and medical rhetoric, focusing specifically on the negative perception of women detailed in these treatises and the suspicions their sexual bodies aroused in contemporary narratives. Gynaecological literature flo...

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Main Author: Harris, Lydia Michelle
Published: Durham University 2017
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.732420

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