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This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving caudle, delivery andlying-in, birth was once a complex ritual that involved entire communities. Drawi...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-863042023-12-23T02:35:31Z Giving Birth in Eighteenth-Century England Fox, Sarah birth giving birth childbirth children community pregnancy history of pregnancy England motherhood history of motherhood mother-in-law fatherhood family life family in 18th century 18th-century England caudle lying-in rest after birth birthing linen clothes for pregnant women pregnancy in 18th century mothers in 18th century menstruation in 18th century family relationships bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JH Sociology & anthropology::JHB Sociology::JHBF Sociology: birth This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving caudle, delivery andlying-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 recipe books, this book offers critical new perspectives on the history of the family and community. It explores the rituals of childbirth, from birthing clothing to the foods traditionally eaten before and after birth, and also how a woman’s relationship with her family, husband, friends and neighbours changed during pregnancy and beyond. In this important and deeply moving study, we are invited on a detailed and emotive journey through motherhood in an age of immense intellectual and sociocultural change. 2023-12-21T16:36:11Z 2023-12-21T16:36:11Z 2022 book ONIX_20231221_9781914477072_23 9781914477072 9781908590879 9781914477058 9781914477065 9781914477089 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86304 eng New Historical Perspectives application/pdf n/a 9781914477072.pdf University of London Press University of London Press 10.14296/2204.9781914477072 10.14296/2204.9781914477072 4af45bb1-d463-422d-9338-fa2167dddc34 9781914477072 9781908590879 9781914477058 9781914477065 9781914477089 University of London Press 250 London open access
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description This fascinating new book radically rewrites all that we know about eighteenth-century childbirth by placing women’s voices at the centre of the story. From quickening through to confinement, giving caudle, delivery andlying-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 recipe books, this book offers critical new perspectives on the history of the family and community. It explores the rituals of childbirth, from birthing clothing to the foods traditionally eaten before and after birth, and also how a woman’s relationship with her family, husband, friends and neighbours changed during pregnancy and beyond. In this important and deeply moving study, we are invited on a detailed and emotive journey through motherhood in an age of immense intellectual and sociocultural change.
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