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History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern Europe
History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern Europe
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Highly detailed and clearly written, this book is the first full-length study of the complex system of practices, beliefs and taboos which surrounded conception and childbirth in early modern Europe.
In a rich and scholarly study, Jacques Gelis reconstructs the activities and attitudes of the midwives and mothers, and the sufferings they had to endure. He continues with an examination of the role of the Church, the herbalist and the mineral world (touchstones and talisman) in the explanation of the mysteries of procreation.
Author: Jacques Gelis
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 08/01/1996
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780745618401
In a rich and scholarly study, Jacques Gelis reconstructs the activities and attitudes of the midwives and mothers, and the sufferings they had to endure. He continues with an examination of the role of the Church, the herbalist and the mineral world (touchstones and talisman) in the explanation of the mysteries of procreation.
Author: Jacques Gelis
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 08/01/1996
Pages: 344
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.03lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780745618401
About the Author
Jacques Gélis is Maitre-Assistant in History at the University of Paris VIII.
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