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WILSON, Adrian

WILSON, Adrian

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source original: Michael Wifall derivative: Diddykong1130 · Here - have some hand in your face · CC BY-SA 2.0

1995 CE

#12022

The making of man-midwifery: Childbirth in England, 1660-1770.

"In England in the seventeenth century, childbirth was the province of women. The midwife ran the birth, helped by female "gossips"; men, including the doctors of the day, were excluded both from the delivery and from…

2013 CE

#12023

Ritual and conflict: The social relations of childbirth in early modern England.

"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 th…