by Adrian Wilson (Author), Adrian Wilson (Author), Adrian Wilson (Author)
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.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 258
Edition: 1
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 18 Oct 2013
ISBN 10: 1409468127
ISBN 13: 9781409468127