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Thursday, January 11, 2018
Giving Birth in Jane Austen’s Day: Confinement, Lying-in, and Churching
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by Maria Grace Unlike women today who often give birth in hospitals or birthing centers, women of the regency era normally gave birth a...
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Monday, October 13, 2014
Bantlings, Kinchins and Cossets: Colorful Language Regarding Children.
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Francis Grose, author of Dictionary of he Vulgar Tongue by Maria Grace One of the things that fascinates me most about slang is its...
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Of Midwives and Childbirth
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by Sam Thomas In a post from last month I made the case that – contrary to popular perception and two different groups of historians –...
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Childbirth in Early Modern England
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by Sam Thomas When we think about the difference between the past and present, our minds often turn to medicine, and with good reason....
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