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.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroductionChapter 1: Philadelphia, Redemptorist Archives, olim EsopusChapter 2: London, British Library, Harley Charter 43.A14Chapter 3: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Takamiya Depository, Takamiya MS 56Chapter 4: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 410Chapter 5: New York, Morgan Library & Museum, Glazier MS 39Chapter 6: London, British Library, Additional MS 88929 (Prince Henry's roll)Chapter 7: London, British Library, Harley Roll T.11Chapter 8: London, Wellcome Collection, Wellcome MS 632Chapter 9: London, British Library, STC 14547.5Conclusion: From Orthodoxy to HeresyAppendix 1: Two Childbirth Units in the Birth GirdlesAppendix 2: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Takamiya Depository, Takamiya MS 56Appendix 3: New Haven, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 410Appendix 4: London, British Library, STC 14547.5BibliographyIndex