Book contents
- Making Babies in Early Modern England
- Making Babies in Early Modern England
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Fertility, Fruitfulness and Anxious Families
- 2 Pregnancy, Record-Keeping and Respectability
- 3 Big Bellies, Imagining Babies and Cultures of Display
- 4 Men, Midwives and a Place to Give Birth
- 5 ‘Safe’ Delivery and Recovering from Birth
- 6 ‘Ordering’ Infants
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
Bibliography
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2025
Book contents
- Making Babies in Early Modern England
- Making Babies in Early Modern England
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Fertility, Fruitfulness and Anxious Families
- 2 Pregnancy, Record-Keeping and Respectability
- 3 Big Bellies, Imagining Babies and Cultures of Display
- 4 Men, Midwives and a Place to Give Birth
- 5 ‘Safe’ Delivery and Recovering from Birth
- 6 ‘Ordering’ Infants
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- References
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