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English Birth Girdles

By Mary Morse

English Birth Girdles

By Mary Morse

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In medieval England, women in labor wrapped birth girdles around their abdomens to protect themselves and their unborn children. These parchment or paper rolls replicated the "girdle relics" of the Virgin Mary and other saints loaned to queens and noblewomen, extending childbirth protection to women of all classes. This book examines the texts and images of nine English birth girdles produced between the reigns of Richard II and Henry VIII. Cultural artifacts of lay devotion within the birthing chamber, the birth girdles offered the solace and promise of faith to the parturient woman and her attendants amid religious dissent, political upheaval, recurring epidemics, and the onset of print.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
479
Release Date:
2024-05-06
Publication Date:
2024-05-06
Publisher:
de Gruyter
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1501518143
ISBN13:
9781501518140
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
815 g
Height:
163 cm
Width:
239 cm
Thickness:
31 cm
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