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Reading between the lines: Old Germanic and early Christian views on abortion
Elsakkers, M.J.
Publication date
2010
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Elsakkers, M. J. (2010). Reading between the lines: Old Germanic and early Christian views
on abortion.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following persons, journals and publishers for their permission to re-produce the articles included in this volume: Peeters Publishers, Leuven, Belgium (article I), Tijdschrift voor
Rechtsgeschiedenis, Leyden, The Netherlands (article II), Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, Belgium (article III),
Uitgeverij Rodopi, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (articles IV and V), prof. dr. Ria Jansen-Sieben, Scientiarum
Historia, Belgium (article VI), dr. Oebele Vries, Us Wurk, Groningen, The Netherlands (article VII) and Leuven
University Press, Leuven, Belgium (article IX).
The illustration on the cover is on fol. 29r of Brussels, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, MS 3701-15. The Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België kindly gave me permission me to use the illustration in my dissertation.
Large portions of this book were written at the Promotie Werkplaats Vrouwen (PWV) between 1997 and 2001. The Promotie Werkplaats Vrouwen was an institute created in order to stimulate women to write or complete their Ph.D. dissertations. The PWV was sponsored by the University of Amsterdam between 1990 and 2001.