Giving Birth in Eighteenth-century England by Sarah Fox

Giving Birth in Eighteenth-century England

Sarah Fox

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From "quickening" through to "confinement," "giving caudle," delivery, and "lying-in," birth was once a complex ritual that involved entire communities. Drawing on an extensive and under-researched body of materials, such as letters, diaries, and...

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