“Before Midnight she had Miscarried” : Women, Men and Miscarriage in Early Modern England
Evans, Jennifer and Read, Sara
(2015)
“Before Midnight she had Miscarried” : Women, Men and Miscarriage in Early Modern England.
Journal of Family History, 40 (1).
pp. 3-23.
ISSN 1552-5473
Reproduction and Childbirth in the early modern era have sometimes been represented as a uniquely feminine experience. Similarly, studies of domestic medicine have in the past overlooked the role that men played in domestic health care practices. This article builds on recent work that resituates men within both of these discourses by considering the ways in which men understood, discussed and responded to the threat and occurrence of miscarriage in the women they knew. It considers a range of medical literature, spiritual diaries and letters to illustrate that men were a central feature of many women’s experiences of miscarriage.
Item Type | Article |
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Keywords | miscarriage, men, pregnancy, early modern, history , medicine |
Date Deposited | 15 May 2025 12:49 |
Last Modified | 06 Jun 2025 00:03 |
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