English Birth Girdles

Mary Morse specializes in medieval women’s devotional and childbirth practices. She is Professor Emerita of English and past director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies program at Rider University.

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1: Philadelphia, Redemptorist Archives, olim Esopus

Chapter 2: London, British Library, Harley Charter 43.A14

Chapter 3: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Takamiya Depository, Takamiya MS 56

Chapter 4: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 410

Chapter 5: New York, Morgan Library & Museum, Glazier MS 39

Chapter 6: London, British Library, Additional MS 88929 (Prince Henry's roll)

Chapter 7: London, British Library, Harley Roll T.11

Chapter 8: London, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome MS 632

Chapter 9: London, British Library, STC 14547.5

Conclusion: From Orthodoxy to Heresy

Appendix 1: Two Childbirth Units in the Birth Girdles

Appendix 2: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Takamiya Depository, Takamiya MS 56

Appendix 3: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 410

Appendix 4: London, British Library, STC 14547.5

Bibliography

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