Pregnancy and childbirth in the premodern world : European and Middle Eastern cultures, from late antiquity to the Renaissance / edited by Costanza Gislon Dopfel, Alessandra Foscati and Charles Burnett.

This volume of contributions from international scholars offers a cross-cultural and multi-period analysis of pregnancy and childbirth traditions in Western and Middle Eastern cultures. The studies focus on the ideas, practices, and visual representations surrounding pregnancy and birth-giving from...

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Other Authors:	Gislon Dopfel, Costanza (Editor), Foscati, Alessandra (Editor), Burnett, Charles (Charles S. F.) (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Turnhout : Brepols, [2019]
Series:	Cursor mundi (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 36.
Subjects:	Pregnancy in middle age. Childbirth in middle age. Pregnancy in middle age > Cross-cultural studies. Childbirth in middle age > Cross-cultural studies. Reproductive History. Cross-Cultural Comparison. Europe. Middle East. Cross-cultural studies.