History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern Europe

ISBN: 978-0-7456-1840-1

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344 pages

August 1996, Polity

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The first full-length study of the history of childbirth in early modern Europe, now available in paperback
The author recovers the world of beliefs and taboos which surrounded fertility, pregnancy, birth and infancy current in Europe from medieval times through to the nineteenth century
The History of Childbirth will hold great appeal for the academic community and will also attract general readers.