English Birth Girdles : : Devotions for Women in “Travell of Childe” / / Mary Morse.
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 protectio...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2024 Part 1 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Kalamazoo, MI : : Medieval Institute Publications, , [2024] ©2024 |
| Year of Publication: | 2024 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (VIII, 471 p.) |
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