Sex and secrecy: a secular prosecution of abortion in fourteenth-century Zurich
(2015)
Journal Article
Page, J. (2015). Sex and secrecy: a secular prosecution of abortion in fourteenth-century Zurich. The Mediaeval Journal (Printed), 5(1), 81-106. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.tmj.5.107364
Until now the earliest known evidence in the German-speaking lands of the prosecution of abortion according to Roman-canonical procedure has been dated to the fifteenth century. This article examines a case from 1392 investigated by the municipal cou... Read More about Sex and secrecy: a secular prosecution of abortion in fourteenth-century Zurich.