Of vanishing fetuses and maidens made-again: abortion, restored virginity, and similar scenarios in medieval Irish hagiography and penitentials

J Hist Sex. 2012;21(2):282-96. doi: 10.1353/sex.2012.0031.
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Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Abortion, Induced / history
  • Abortion, Induced / psychology
  • Anthropology, Cultural* / education
  • Anthropology, Cultural* / history
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • History, Medieval
  • Ireland / ethnology
  • Religion* / history
  • Sex Offenses* / ethnology
  • Sex Offenses* / history
  • Sexual Behavior* / ethnology
  • Sexual Behavior* / history
  • Sexual Behavior* / physiology
  • Sexual Behavior* / psychology
  • Women's Health / education
  • Women's Health / ethnology
  • Women's Health / history
  • Women* / education
  • Women* / history
  • Women* / psychology