Verfasst von:	Morse, Mary [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	English birth girdles
Titelzusatz:	devotions for women in "Travell of Childe"
Verf.angabe:	Mary Morse
Verlagsort:	Berlin ; Boston
	Kalamazoo
Verlag:	De Gruyter
	MIP University Press
E-Jahr:	2024
Jahr:	[2024]
	[2024]
Umfang:	VIII, 471 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Gesamttitel/Reihe:	Research in medieval and early modern culture ; 38
	Studies in medieval and early modern culture ; 87
ISBN:	978-1-5015-1814-0
Abstract:	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
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Schlagwörter:	(g)England    / (s)Geburt    / (s)Reliquie    / (s)Devotionalie    / (s)Brauch    / (z)Geschichte 1377-1547
Sprache:	eng
Sach-SW:	Christian life & practice
	Christliches Leben und christliche Praxis
	Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500
	Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
	Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen
	Gender studies: women
	HIS058000
	HISTORY / Social History
	LIT019000
	LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
	LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
	LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
	LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
	Latein
	Latin
	Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
Zeit-SW:	15. Jahrhundert (ca. 1400 bis ca. 1499)
	Erste Hälfte 16. Jahrhundert (ca. 1500 bis ca. 1550)
	c 1000 CE to c 1500
	c 1500 to c 1600
K10plus-PPN:	1892120658
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