English birth girdles: devotions for women in "Travell of Childe"

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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Main Author: Morse, Mary (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2024]
Kalamazoo MIP University Press [2024]
In: Research in medieval and early modern culture (38)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Research in medieval and early modern culture 38
Studies in medieval and early modern culture 87
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B England / Birth / Relic / Devotional article / Custom / History 1377-1547
Further subjects:B Social History / HISTORY
B Gender studies: women
B LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
B LITERARY CRITICISM / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh / European
B HIS058000
B LIT019000
B Christian life & practice
B Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
B 15. Jahrhundert (ca. 1400 bis ca. 1499)
B LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval
B 1500 to c 1700 / Early modern history: c 1450
B Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen
B c 1000 CE to c 1500
B Christliches Leben und christliche Praxis
B c 1500 to c 1600
B 1500 / Early history: c 500 to c 1450
B Latin
B Erste Hälfte 16. Jahrhundert (ca. 1500 bis ca. 1550)
B LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical
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