Childbirth and the display of authority in early modern France.RG652 2004-008774 0-7546-3619-4 Childbirth childbirth: see birth. Childbirth Childlessness (See BARRENNESS.) Artemis (Rom. Diana) goddess of childbirth. [Gk. Myth. and the display of authority in early modern France For the administrative and social structures of early modern France, see . Early Modern France is that portion of French history that falls in the early modern period from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century (or from the French Renaissance to the eve of . McTavish, Lianne. (Women and gender in the early modern world) Ashgate Publishing Co., [c]2005 257 p. $79.95 McTavish (visual culture, U. of New Brunswick New Brunswick, province, Canada New Brunswick, province (2001 pop. 729,498), 28,345 sq mi (73,433 sq km), including 519 sq mi (1,345 sq km) of water surface, E Canada. , Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of ) explains that throughout the early modern period in France, men surgeons would only be called to assist at a birth after days of unsuccessful labor when the child was probably already dead and the mother's life was at stake, and so they were compared to butchers and hangmen. She explores how French surgeons slowly managed to change their image and begin attending even uncomplicated deliveries among the urban wealthy by the late 18th century. Her concern is with medical, social, and cultural factors that contributed to the transition rather than with increased medical knowledge. |
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