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200 10$aInfertility in Medieval and Early Modern Europe $ePremodern Views on Childlessness /$fby Regina Toepfer
205   $a1st ed. 2022.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2022.
215   $a1 online resource (258 pages)
311 08$aPrint version: Toepfer, Regina Infertility in Medieval and Early Modern Europe Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031089763 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $a1. Introduction -- 2. Theology: salvation stories of (in)fertility -- 3. Medicine: body concepts of (in)fertility -- 4. Jurisprudence: laws on (in)fertility -- 5. Demonology: metaphysics of (in)fertility -- 6. Ethics: ideals of life with (in)fertility -- 7. Epilogue.
330   $aThis book examines discourses around infertility and views of childlessness in medieval and early modern Europe. Whereas in our own time reproductive behaviour is regulated by demographic policy in the interest of upholding the intergenerational contract, premodern rulers strove to secure the succession to their thrones and preserve family heritage. Regardless of status, infertility could have drastic consequences, above all for women, and lead to social discrimination, expulsion, and divorce. Rather than outlining a history of discrimination against or the suffering of infertile couples, this book explores the mechanisms used to justify the unequal treatment of persons without children. Exploring views on childlessness across theology, medicine, law, demonology, and ethics, it undertakes a comprehensive examination of ?fertility? as an identity category from the perspective of new approaches in gender and intersectionality research. Shedding light on how premodern views have shaped understandings our own time, this book is highly relevant interest to students and scholars interested in discourses around infertility across history. Regina Toepfer is Chair of Medieval German Literature at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany. .
606   $aWomen?History
606   $aEurope?History?476-1492
606   $aEurope?History?1492-
606   $aFertility, Human
606   $aSocial history
606   $aWomen's History / History of Gender
606   $aHistory of Medieval Europe
606   $aHistory of Early Modern Europe
606   $aFertility
606   $aSocial History
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615 24$aHistory of Early Modern Europe.
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