WHEN THE TIME IS COMING...CHILDBIRTH IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TRANSYLVANIA
WHEN THE TIME IS COMING...CHILDBIRTH IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TRANSYLVANIA
Author(s): Andrea FehérSubject(s): History
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: women’s history; midwifery; social history; early modern Transylvania.
Summary/Abstract: The article examines childbirth in early modern Transylvania. Drawing on a vast range of personal narratives, such as correspondence, diaries, autobiographies and other family papers, the essay shows the diversity in childbirth’ practices and some attitudes regarding early modern midwifery.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Historia
- Issue Year: 56/2011
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 135-148
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
