Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index


  • Record Number: 45671
  • Author(s)/Creator(s): Albericus of Rosciate , , , Bartolus of Sassoferrato, , Julius Kirshner and Osvaldo Cavallar
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  • Title: Abortion
  • Source: Jurists and Jurisprudence in Medieval Italy: Texts and Contexts.  Edited by Osvaldo Cavallar and Julius Kirshner.  University of Toronto Press, 2020.  Pages 444 - 462. Available with a subscription from JSTOR: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/j.ctv179h1fw.33
    and from De Gruyter: https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487536336-009
  • Description: Five documents are translated: 26.1. Digest, Glossa, and Bartolus of Sassoferrato
    26.2. Statutes of Biella (1245)
    26.3. Statutes of Siena (1309)
    26.4. Statutes of Castiglion Aretino (1384)
    26.5. Albericus of Rosciate, Questions Concerning Statutes (1358)
    The first four documents discuss the penalties for people who induce an abortion or cause a pregnant woman to abort. Albericus of Rosciate considers questions arising from a situation in which someone kicks a pregnant woman and causes the death of the fetus.
  • Article Type: Translation
  • Subject (See Also): Abortion Crime Law Pregnancy Violence Wives
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  • Geographic Area: Italy
  • Century: 13- 14
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  • Author's Affiliation: Nanzan University [Cavallar]; University of Chicago [Kirshner- Emeritus Professor]
  • Conference Info: - , -
  • Year of Publication: 2020.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN/ISBN: 9781487507480 (print); 9781487536336 (online)