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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142365| Title: | Abortion in Malta at the time of the knights |
| Other Titles: | Mapping a moral consensus : calibrating an ethical compass for the future - Festschrift in honour of Mgr Professor Emmanuel Agius on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, volume II |
| Authors: | Bonello, Giovanni |
| Keywords: | Abortion -- Malta -- History Knights of Malta -- Malta -- History Women -- Malta -- History Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Malta Slavery -- Malta -- History Midwifery -- Malta -- History Order of St John -- Malta -- History Malta -- History -- Knights of Malta, 1530-1798 |
| Issue Date: | 2025 |
| Publisher: | Kite Group |
| Citation: | Bonello, G. (2025). Abortion in Malta at the time of the knights. In R. Zammit, & S. M. Attard (Eds.), Mapping a moral consensus : calibrating an ethical compass for the future - Festschrift in honour of Mgr Professor Emmanuel Agius on the occasion of his seventieth birthday, vol. II (pp. 291-305). Malta : Kite Group. |
| Abstract: | It is only during the rule of the Order of St John that abortion, its practices and its regulation start being documented in Malta. Before that, total silence seems to shroud the subject. With the arrival of the knights in 1530, written records become more systematic and extensive. The fact that civil governance fell under the tutelage of a Christian religious order may help to explain why abortion becomes a subject of interest. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/142365 |
| ISBN: | 9789918231997 |
| Appears in Collections: | Volume II |
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