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The midwives of seventeenth-century London

By:

Evenden, D

Series: Cambridge history of medicinePublication details: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2000Description: 260; ill.,bibls.; BookFindISBN:

0521661072

Subject(s):

Contents:

Ecclesiastical licensing of midwives; pre-licensed experience; mothers and midwives; a social and economic profile of London midwives; midwives of 12 London parishes - a socioeconomic case study.

Summary: HardbackSummary: This book constitutes a comprehensive and detailed study of early modern midwives in 17th-century London. Until quite recently, midwives, as a group, have been dismissed by historians as being inadequately educated and trained for the task of child delivery. This work rejects these claims by exploring the midwives' training and their licensing in an unofficial apprenticeship by the Church. The author also offers an depiction of the midwives in their socioeconomic context by examining a wide range of 17th-century sources. This study not only recovers the names of almost 1000 women who worked as midwives in the 12 London parishes, but also brings to light details about their spouses, their families and their associates.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Newcomb Library at Homerton Healthcare Shelves	WQ 11 EVE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		HOM0030

Ecclesiastical licensing of midwives; pre-licensed experience; mothers and midwives; a social and economic profile of London midwives; midwives of 12 London parishes - a socioeconomic case study.

Hardback

This book constitutes a comprehensive and detailed study of early modern midwives in 17th-century London. Until quite recently, midwives, as a group, have been dismissed by historians as being inadequately educated and trained for the task of child delivery. This work rejects these claims by exploring the midwives' training and their licensing in an unofficial apprenticeship by the Church. The author also offers an depiction of the midwives in their socioeconomic context by examining a wide range of 17th-century sources. This study not only recovers the names of almost 1000 women who worked as midwives in the 12 London parishes, but also brings to light details about their spouses, their families and their associates.

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