Midwiving Subjects in Shakespeare's England

Contents: Introduction: Midwiving subjects; Lurking in the gossip's bowl: men's tales and women's words; 'Sometimes the midwives break it': pressing maids and making women; 'As God makes, so the midwife shapes': crowning heads and reforming English bodies; Stealing the seal: baptizing women and the mark of kingship; '(Miraculous) matter': Lucina at Ephesus and the churching of women; Epilogue: Lucina in London; Bibliography; Index.

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• Medicina materno-fetal
• História inglesa e irlandesa
• Estudos de gênero: as mulheres
• Estudos e crítica shakespeareana
• Início da história moderna: c 1450/1500 a c 1700
• História: eventos específicos e tópicos

Richard III;early;French Midwife;modem;Compleat Midwifes Practice;period;Gossip's Bowl;future;Ephesian Temple;page;Dead Man;references;Compleat Midwife;compendium;Unnatural Birth;maleficarum;Diana's Temple;emergency;Navel String;baptism;Emergency Baptism;Early Modern Midwife;Maternal Body;Royal Bodies;Post-partum Care;Virginal Signs;Monstrous Births;Female Gossips;Holy Prayers;Christ Child;Elizabeth's Birth;Grave Matrons;By The Fire Side;Naturall State;Nominal Shadow