Infertility and the Margins of Society: Medieval Churchmen think about Reproductive Disorders

The history of infertility is a rapidly growing field but the relationship between infertility and religion remains under-studied. This article investigates the ways in which religious writers in the European Middle Ages thought about infertility, focusing (in keeping with the theme of "margins...

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Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Studies in church history
Jahr: 2025, Band: 61, Seiten: 186-207
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