Ritual and Conflict

The Social Relations of Childbirth in Early Modern England
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-25059-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: The History of Medicine in Context

This book places childbirth in early-modern England within a wider network of social institutions and relationships. Starting with illegitimacy - the violation of the marital norm - it proceeds through marriage to the wider gender-order and so to the ’ceremony of childbirth’, the popular ritual through which women collectively controlled this, the pivotal event in their lives. Focussing on the seventeenth century, but ranging from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, this study offers a new viewpoint on such themes as the patriarchal family, the significance of illegitimacy, and the structuring of gender-relations in the period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilson, Adrian

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Legitimate and bastard births; The bonds of marriage; Gender and power; The ceremony of childbirth; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Adrian Wilson is Senior Lecturer in History of Medicine at the School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science, University of Leeds, UK.