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Before Midnight She Had Miscarried

Women, Men, and Miscarriage in Early Modern England

Bibliographic Data

ID6079019
AuthorsJennifer Evans (0000-0002-8145-8878), Sara Read (0000-0001-6089-8324, Loughborough University)
Year2015
Volume40
Issue1
Pages3-23
Publication date2015-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0363-1990 • E-ISSN: 1552-5473
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0363199014562924
OpenAlexW2059026796
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited14

Reproduction and childbirth in the early modern era have sometimes been represented as a uniquely feminine experience. Similarly, studies of domestic medicine have in the past overlooked the role that men played in domestic health care practices. This article builds on recent work that resituates men within both of these discourses by considering the ways in which men understood, discussed, and responded to the threat and occurrence of miscarriage in the women they knew. It considers a range of medical literature, spiritual diaries, and letters to illustrate that men were a central feature of many women’s experiences of miscarriage

Abortion · Childbirth · Midnight · Miscarriage · Pregnancy · Reproduction · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Medicine · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year0,56
Citation span2017 - 2025 (9)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4
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